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     new 2ac4587  [CAMEL-13135] Refactor the json-simple-ordered module
2ac4587 is described below

commit 2ac45879b53d157b90858df34129936f154692f9
Author: Guillaume Nodet <gno...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Jan 28 16:47:49 2019 +0100

    [CAMEL-13135] Refactor the json-simple-ordered module
---
 camel-api/pom.xml                                  |   2 +-
 camel-base/pom.xml                                 |   2 +-
 .../runtimecatalog/impl/JSonSchemaHelper.java      |   4 +-
 camel-core/pom.xml                                 |  50 +-
 camel-management-api/pom.xml                       |   2 +-
 camel-management-impl/pom.xml                      |   2 +-
 camel-support/pom.xml                              |   2 +-
 {tooling => camel-util-json}/pom.xml               |  56 +-
 .../camel/util/json/DeserializationException.java  |  79 ++
 .../java/org/apache/camel/util/json/JsonArray.java | 346 +++++++++
 .../org/apache/camel/util/json/JsonObject.java     | 655 ++++++++++++++++
 .../java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Jsonable.java  |  27 +
 .../java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Jsoner.java    | 860 +++++++++++++++++++++
 .../java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Yylex.java     | 695 +++++++++++++++++
 .../java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Yytoken.java   |  92 +++
 .../src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE.txt        |   0
 .../src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE.txt         |   0
 .../camel/util/json}/JsonSimpleOrderedTest.java    |   4 +-
 .../src/test/resources/bean.json                   |   0
 camel-util/pom.xml                                 |   2 +-
 .../slack/SlackComponentVerifierExtension.java     |   4 +-
 .../camel/component/slack/SlackConsumer.java       |  21 +-
 .../camel/component/slack/SlackEndpoint.java       |  18 +-
 platforms/camel-catalog/pom.xml                    |  11 +-
 .../karaf/features/src/main/resources/features.xml |   4 +-
 pom.xml                                            |   1 +
 tooling/apt/pom.xml                                |   2 +-
 .../tools/apt/EndpointAnnotationProcessor.java     |   4 +-
 .../camel/tools/apt/helper/JsonSchemaHelper.java   |   4 +-
 tooling/json-simple-ordered/pom.xml                | 120 ---
 .../json-simple-ordered/src/main/java/.gitignore   |   2 -
 tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/pom.xml   |   2 +-
 .../camel/maven/packaging/JSonSchemaHelper.java    |   4 +-
 ...pdateSpringBootAutoConfigurationReadmeMojo.java |   8 +-
 tooling/pom.xml                                    |   1 -
 35 files changed, 2812 insertions(+), 274 deletions(-)

diff --git a/camel-api/pom.xml b/camel-api/pom.xml
index 01d7688..629f6bf 100644
--- a/camel-api/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-api/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-      <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/camel-base/pom.xml b/camel-base/pom.xml
index df43949..23e484d 100644
--- a/camel-base/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-base/pom.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
     <!-- we shade our patched ordered json-simple parser -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-      <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git 
a/camel-base/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/runtimecatalog/impl/JSonSchemaHelper.java
 
b/camel-base/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/runtimecatalog/impl/JSonSchemaHelper.java
index d923579..0032ac4 100644
--- 
a/camel-base/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/runtimecatalog/impl/JSonSchemaHelper.java
+++ 
b/camel-base/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/runtimecatalog/impl/JSonSchemaHelper.java
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import org.json.simple.JsonObject;
-import org.json.simple.Jsoner;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.JsonObject;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsoner;
 
 public final class JSonSchemaHelper {
 
diff --git a/camel-core/pom.xml b/camel-core/pom.xml
index 2fc45a0..dc61898 100644
--- a/camel-core/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-core/pom.xml
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
     <!-- we shade our patched ordered json-simple parser -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-      <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -396,54 +396,6 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
 
-      <!-- shade caffeine cache for faster Camel and spi-annotations as needed 
by everybody -->
-      <!-- shade json-simple for parsing Camel component JSon schema files -->
-      <!--
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>shade</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <artifactSet>
-                <includes>
-                  <include>com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine</include>
-                  <include>org.apache.camel:json-simple-ordered</include>
-                  <include>org.apache.camel:spi-annotations</include>
-                </includes>
-                <excludes>
-                  <exclude>org.apache.camel:apt</exclude>
-                </excludes>
-              </artifactSet>
-              <relocations>
-                <relocation>
-                  <pattern>com.github.benmanes.caffeine</pattern>
-                  
<shadedPattern>org.apache.camel.com.github.benmanes.caffeine</shadedPattern>
-                </relocation>
-                <relocation>
-                  <pattern>org.json.simple</pattern>
-                  <shadedPattern>org.apache.camel.json.simple</shadedPattern>
-                </relocation>
-              </relocations>
-              <filters>
-                <filter>
-                  <artifact>*:*</artifact>
-                  <excludes>
-                    <exclude>META-INF/LICENSE</exclude>
-                    <exclude>META-INF/NOTICE</exclude>
-                  </excludes>
-                </filter>
-              </filters>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      -->
-
       <!-- generate the attached tests jar -->
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/camel-management-api/pom.xml b/camel-management-api/pom.xml
index 72c78de..0c2ac6a 100644
--- a/camel-management-api/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-management-api/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-      <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/camel-management-impl/pom.xml b/camel-management-impl/pom.xml
index ccc9f46..5e458f3 100644
--- a/camel-management-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-management-impl/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-      <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/camel-support/pom.xml b/camel-support/pom.xml
index f0647ff..878a3d8 100644
--- a/camel-support/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-support/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         <!-- we shade our patched ordered json-simple parser -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-            <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/tooling/pom.xml b/camel-util-json/pom.xml
similarity index 54%
copy from tooling/pom.xml
copy to camel-util-json/pom.xml
index f4d218e..d1c303a 100644
--- a/tooling/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-util-json/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 -->
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"; 
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 
http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd";>
+
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
@@ -28,52 +29,17 @@
     <relativePath>../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
-  <artifactId>tooling</artifactId>
-  <name>Camel :: Tooling</name>
-  <description>Camel Tooling</description>
-  <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
-  <properties>
-    <camel.osgi.export.pkg />
-  </properties>
+  <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
+  <name>Camel :: Util :: JSon</name>
+  <description>A json simple parser that preserves the ordering in Map as read 
from JSon source</description>
 
-  <modules>
-    <module>parent</module>
-    <module>meta-annotations</module>
-    <module>spi-annotations</module>
-    <module>json-simple-ordered</module>
-    <module>apt</module>
-    <module>camel-route-parser</module>
-    <module>swagger-rest-dsl-generator</module>
-    <module>maven</module>
-    <module>camel-manual</module>
-  </modules>
+  <dependencies>
 
-  <!-- profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>build.manual</id>
-      <modules>
-        <module>camel-manual</module>
-      </modules>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>assembly</id>
-      <modules>
-        <module>camel-manual</module>
-      </modules>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>deploy</id>
-      <modules>
-        <module>camel-manual</module>
-      </modules>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>apache-release</id>
-      <modules>
-        <module>camel-manual</module>
-      </modules>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git 
a/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/DeserializationException.java
 
b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/DeserializationException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..596b4dd
--- /dev/null
+++ 
b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/DeserializationException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/* Copyright 2016 Clifton Labs
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License. */
+package org.apache.camel.util.json;
+
+/** DeserializationException explains how and where the problem occurs in the 
source JSON text during deserialization.
+ * @since 2.0.0 */
+public class DeserializationException extends Exception{
+    /** The kinds of exceptions that can trigger a DeserializationException. */
+    enum Problems{
+        @SuppressWarnings("javadoc")
+        DISALLOWED_TOKEN,
+        @SuppressWarnings("javadoc")
+        UNEXPECTED_CHARACTER,
+        @SuppressWarnings("javadoc")
+        UNEXPECTED_EXCEPTION,
+        @SuppressWarnings("javadoc")
+        UNEXPECTED_TOKEN;
+    }
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -7880698968187728547L;
+    private final int         position;
+    private final Problems    problemType;
+    private final Object      unexpectedObject;
+
+    /** @param position where the exception occurred.
+     * @param problemType how the exception occurred.
+     * @param unexpectedObject what caused the exception. */
+    public DeserializationException(final int position, final Problems 
problemType, final Object unexpectedObject){
+        this.position = position;
+        this.problemType = problemType;
+        this.unexpectedObject = unexpectedObject;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getMessage(){
+        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        switch(this.problemType){
+            case DISALLOWED_TOKEN:
+                sb.append("The disallowed token 
(").append(this.unexpectedObject).append(") was found at position 
").append(this.position).append(". If this is in error, try again with a parse 
that allows the token instead. Otherwise, fix the parsable string and try 
again.");
+                break;
+            case UNEXPECTED_CHARACTER:
+                sb.append("The unexpected character 
(").append(this.unexpectedObject).append(") was found at position 
").append(this.position).append(". Fix the parsable string and try again.");
+                break;
+            case UNEXPECTED_TOKEN:
+                sb.append("The unexpected token 
").append(this.unexpectedObject).append(" was found at position 
").append(this.position).append(". Fix the parsable string and try again.");
+                break;
+            case UNEXPECTED_EXCEPTION:
+                sb.append("Please report this to the library's maintainer. The 
unexpected exception that should be addressed before trying again occurred at 
position ").append(this.position).append(": ").append(this.unexpectedObject);
+                break;
+            default:
+                sb.append("Please report this to the library's maintainer. An 
error at position ").append(this.position).append(" occurred. There are no 
recovery recommendations available.");
+                break;
+        }
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
+    /** @return an index of the string character the error type occurred at. */
+    public int getPosition(){
+        return this.position;
+    }
+
+    /** @return the enumeration for how the exception occurred. */
+    public Problems getProblemType(){
+        return this.problemType;
+    }
+
+    /** @return a representation of what caused the exception. */
+    public Object getUnexpectedObject(){
+        return this.unexpectedObject;
+    }
+}
diff --git 
a/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/JsonArray.java 
b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/JsonArray.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8252808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/JsonArray.java
@@ -0,0 +1,346 @@
+/* Copyright 2016 Clifton Labs
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License. */
+package org.apache.camel.util.json;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/** JsonArray is a common non-thread safe data format for a collection of 
data. The contents of a JsonArray are only
+ * validated as JSON values on serialization.
+ * @see Jsoner
+ * @since 2.0.0 */
+public class JsonArray extends ArrayList<Object> implements Jsonable{
+       /** The serialization version this class is compatible
+        * with. This value doesn't need to be incremented if and only if the 
only changes to occur were updating comments,
+        * updating javadocs, adding new
+        * fields to the class, changing the fields from static to non-static, 
or changing the fields from transient to non
+        * transient. All other changes require this number be incremented. */
+       private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+       /** Instantiates an empty JsonArray. */
+       public JsonArray(){
+               super();
+       }
+
+       /** Instantiate a new JsonArray using ArrayList's constructor of the 
same type.
+        * @param collection represents the elements to produce the JsonArray 
with. */
+       public JsonArray(final Collection<?> collection){
+               super(collection);
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes every element of the JsonArray is 
castable to T before adding it to a
+        * collection of Ts.
+        * @param <T> represents the type that all of the elements of the 
JsonArray should be cast to and the type the
+        *        collection will contain.
+        * @param destination represents where all of the elements of the 
JsonArray are added to after being cast to the
+        *        generic type
+        *        provided.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if the unchecked cast of an element to T 
fails. */
+       @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+       public <T> void asCollection(final Collection<T> destination){
+               for(final Object o : this){
+                       destination.add((T)o);
+               }
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a BigDecimal, Number, or 
String at the given index. If a Number or
+        * String is there it is used to construct a new BigDecimal.
+        * @param index representing where the value is expected to be at.
+        * @return the value stored at the key or the default provided if the 
key doesn't exist.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return types.
+        * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the 
range of element indexes in the JsonArray.
+        * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid 
representation of a BigDecimal.
+        * @see BigDecimal
+        * @see Number#doubleValue() */
+       public BigDecimal getBigDecimal(final int index){
+               Object returnable = this.get(index);
+               if(returnable instanceof BigDecimal){
+                       /* Success there was a BigDecimal. */
+               }else if(returnable instanceof Number){
+                       /* A number can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal(returnable.toString());
+               }else if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       /* A number can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return (BigDecimal)returnable;
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Boolean or String 
value at the given index.
+        * @param index represents where the value is expected to be at.
+        * @return the value at the index provided cast to a boolean.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return type.
+        * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the 
range of element indexes in the JsonArray. */
+       public Boolean getBoolean(final int index){
+               Object returnable = this.get(index);
+               if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       returnable = Boolean.valueOf((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return (Boolean)returnable;
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value 
at the given index.
+        * @param index represents where the value is expected to be at.
+        * @return the value at the index provided cast to a byte.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return type.
+        * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid 
representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+        *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+        * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the 
range of element indexes in the JsonArray.
+        * @see Number */
+       public Byte getByte(final int index){
+               Object returnable = this.get(index);
+               if(returnable == null){
+                       return null;
+               }
+               if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       /* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return ((Number)returnable).byteValue();
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Collection value at 
the given index.
+        * @param <T> the kind of collection to expect at the index. Note 
unless manually added, collection values will be a
+        *        JsonArray.
+        * @param index represents where the value is expected to be at.
+        * @return the value at the index provided cast to a Collection.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return type.
+        * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the 
range of element indexes in the JsonArray.
+        * @see Collection */
+       @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+       public <T extends Collection<?>> T getCollection(final int index){
+               /* The unchecked warning is suppressed because there is no way 
of guaranteeing at compile time the cast will
+                * work. */
+               return (T)this.get(index);
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value 
at the given index.
+        * @param index represents where the value is expected to be at.
+        * @return the value at the index provided cast to a double.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return type.
+        * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid 
representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+        *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+        * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the 
range of element indexes in the JsonArray.
+        * @see Number */
+       public Double getDouble(final int index){
+               Object returnable = this.get(index);
+               if(returnable == null){
+                       return null;
+               }
+               if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       /* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return ((Number)returnable).doubleValue();
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a String value at the 
given index representing a fully qualified name
+        * in dot notation of an enum.
+        * @param index representing where the value is expected to be at.
+        * @param <T> the Enum type the value at the index is expected to 
belong to.
+        * @return the enum based on the string found at the index, or null if 
the value at the index was null.
+        * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the element was a String but the 
declaring enum type couldn't be determined
+        *         with it.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if the element at the index was not a 
String or if the fully qualified enum name is of
+        *         the wrong type.
+        * @throws IllegalArgumentException if an enum type was dynamically 
determined but it doesn't define an enum with
+        *         the dynamically determined name.
+        * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the 
range of element indexes in the JsonArray.
+        * @see Enum#valueOf(Class, String) */
+       @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+       public <T extends Enum<T>> T getEnum(final int index) throws 
ClassNotFoundException{
+               /* Supressing the unchecked warning because the returnType is 
dynamically identified and could lead to a
+                * ClassCastException when returnType is cast to Class<T>, 
which is expected by the method's contract. */
+               T returnable;
+               final String element;
+               final String[] splitValues;
+               final int numberOfValues;
+               final StringBuilder returnTypeName;
+               final StringBuilder enumName;
+               final Class<T> returnType;
+               /* Make sure the element at the index is a String. */
+               element = this.getString(index);
+               if(element == null){
+                       return null;
+               }
+               /* Get the package, class, and enum names. */
+               splitValues = element.split("\\.");
+               numberOfValues = splitValues.length;
+               returnTypeName = new StringBuilder();
+               enumName = new StringBuilder();
+               for(int i = 0; i < numberOfValues; i++){
+                       if(i == (numberOfValues - 1)){
+                               /* If it is the last split value then it should 
be the name of the Enum since dots are not allowed in
+                                * enum names. */
+                               enumName.append(splitValues[i]);
+                       }else if(i == (numberOfValues - 2)){
+                               /* If it is the penultimate split value then it 
should be the end of the package/enum type and not need
+                                * a dot appended to it. */
+                               returnTypeName.append(splitValues[i]);
+                       }else{
+                               /* Must be part of the package/enum type and 
will need a dot appended to it since they got removed in
+                                * the split. */
+                               returnTypeName.append(splitValues[i]);
+                               returnTypeName.append(".");
+                       }
+               }
+               /* Use the package/class and enum names to get the Enum<T>. */
+               returnType = (Class<T>)Class.forName(returnTypeName.toString());
+               returnable = Enum.valueOf(returnType, enumName.toString());
+               return returnable;
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value 
at the given index.
+        * @param index represents where the value is expected to be at.
+        * @return the value at the index provided cast to a float.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return type.
+        * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid 
representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+        *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+        * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the 
range of element indexes in the JsonArray.
+        * @see Number */
+       public Float getFloat(final int index){
+               Object returnable = this.get(index);
+               if(returnable == null){
+                       return null;
+               }
+               if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       /* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return ((Number)returnable).floatValue();
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value 
at the given index.
+        * @param index represents where the value is expected to be at.
+        * @return the value at the index provided cast to a int.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return type.
+        * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid 
representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+        *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+        * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the 
range of element indexes in the JsonArray.
+        * @see Number */
+       public Integer getInteger(final int index){
+               Object returnable = this.get(index);
+               if(returnable == null){
+                       return null;
+               }
+               if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       /* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return ((Number)returnable).intValue();
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value 
at the given index.
+        * @param index represents where the value is expected to be at.
+        * @return the value at the index provided cast to a long.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return type.
+        * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid 
representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+        *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+        * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the 
range of element indexes in the JsonArray.
+        * @see Number */
+       public Long getLong(final int index){
+               Object returnable = this.get(index);
+               if(returnable == null){
+                       return null;
+               }
+               if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       /* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return ((Number)returnable).longValue();
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Map value at the given 
index.
+        * @param <T> the kind of map to expect at the index. Note unless 
manually added, Map values will be a JsonObject.
+        * @param index represents where the value is expected to be at.
+        * @return the value at the index provided cast to a Map.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return type.
+        * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the 
range of element indexes in the JsonArray.
+        * @see Map */
+       @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+       public <T extends Map<?, ?>> T getMap(final int index){
+               /* The unchecked warning is suppressed because there is no way 
of guaranteeing at compile time the cast will
+                * work. */
+               return (T)this.get(index);
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value 
at the given index.
+        * @param index represents where the value is expected to be at.
+        * @return the value at the index provided cast to a short.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return type.
+        * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid 
representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+        *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+        * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the 
range of element indexes in the JsonArray.
+        * @see Number */
+       public Short getShort(final int index){
+               Object returnable = this.get(index);
+               if(returnable == null){
+                       return null;
+               }
+               if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       /* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return ((Number)returnable).shortValue();
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Boolean, Number, or 
String value at the given index.
+        * @param index represents where the value is expected to be at.
+        * @return the value at the index provided cast to a String.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return type.
+        * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the 
range of element indexes in the JsonArray. */
+       public String getString(final int index){
+               Object returnable = this.get(index);
+               if(returnable instanceof Boolean){
+                       returnable = returnable.toString();
+               }else if(returnable instanceof Number){
+                       returnable = returnable.toString();
+               }
+               return (String)returnable;
+       }
+
+       /* (non-Javadoc)
+        * @see org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsonable#asJsonString() */
+       @Override
+       public String toJson(){
+               final StringWriter writable = new StringWriter();
+               try{
+                       this.toJson(writable);
+               }catch(final IOException caught){
+                       /* See java.io.StringWriter. */
+               }
+               return writable.toString();
+       }
+
+       /* (non-Javadoc)
+        * @see 
org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsonable#toJsonString(java.io.Writer) */
+       @Override
+       public void toJson(final Writer writable) throws IOException{
+               boolean isFirstElement = true;
+               final Iterator<Object> elements = this.iterator();
+               writable.write('[');
+               while(elements.hasNext()){
+                       if(isFirstElement){
+                               isFirstElement = false;
+                       }else{
+                               writable.write(',');
+                       }
+                       writable.write(Jsoner.serialize(elements.next()));
+               }
+               writable.write(']');
+       }
+}
diff --git 
a/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/JsonObject.java 
b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/JsonObject.java
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+/* Copyright 2016 Clifton Labs
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License. */
+package org.apache.camel.util.json;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/** JsonObject is a common non-thread safe data format for string to data 
mappings. The contents of a JsonObject are
+ * only validated as JSON values on serialization.
+ * @see Jsoner
+ * @since 2.0.0 */
+public class JsonObject extends LinkedHashMap<String, Object> implements 
Jsonable{
+       /** The serialization version this class is compatible
+        * with. This value doesn't need to be incremented if and only if the 
only changes to occur were updating comments,
+        * updating javadocs, adding new
+        * fields to the class, changing the fields from static to non-static, 
or changing the fields from transient to non
+        * transient. All other changes require this number be incremented. */
+       private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+       /** Instantiates an empty JsonObject. */
+       public JsonObject(){
+               super();
+       }
+
+       /** Instantiate a new JsonObject by accepting a map's entries, which 
could lead to de/serialization issues of the
+        * resulting JsonObject since the entry values aren't validated as JSON 
values.
+        * @param map represents the mappings to produce the JsonObject with. */
+       public JsonObject(final Map<String, ?> map){
+               super(map);
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a BigDecimal, Number, or 
String at the given key. If a Number is
+        * there
+        * its Number#toString() is used to construct a new BigDecimal(String). 
If a String is there it is used to
+        * construct a new BigDecimal(String).
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @return the value stored at the key.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed 
return type.
+        * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid 
representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+        *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+        * @see BigDecimal
+        * @see Number#toString() */
+       public BigDecimal getBigDecimal(final String key){
+               Object returnable = this.get(key);
+               if(returnable instanceof BigDecimal){
+                       /* Success there was a BigDecimal or it defaulted. */
+               }else if(returnable instanceof Number){
+                       /* A number can be used to construct a BigDecimal */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal(returnable.toString());
+               }else if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       /* A number can be used to construct a BigDecimal */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return (BigDecimal)returnable;
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a BigDecimal, Number, or 
String at the given key. If a Number is
+        * there
+        * its Number#toString() is used to construct a new BigDecimal(String). 
If a String is there it is used to
+        * construct a new BigDecimal(String).
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't 
in the JsonObject.
+        * @return the value stored at the key or the default provided if the 
key doesn't exist.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return types.
+        * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid 
representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+        *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+        * @see BigDecimal
+        * @see Number#toString() */
+       public BigDecimal getBigDecimalOrDefault(final String key, final 
BigDecimal defaultValue){
+               Object returnable;
+               if(this.containsKey(key)){
+                       returnable = this.get(key);
+               }else{
+                       return defaultValue;
+               }
+               if(returnable instanceof BigDecimal){
+                       /* Success there was a BigDecimal or it defaulted. */
+               }else if(returnable instanceof Number){
+                       /* A number can be used to construct a BigDecimal */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal(returnable.toString());
+               }else if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       /* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return (BigDecimal)returnable;
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Boolean or String 
value at the given key.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @return the value stored at the key.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed 
return type. */
+       public Boolean getBoolean(final String key){
+               Object returnable = this.get(key);
+               if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       returnable = Boolean.valueOf((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return (Boolean)returnable;
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Boolean or String 
value at the given key.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't 
in the JsonObject.
+        * @return the value stored at the key or the default provided if the 
key doesn't exist.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return type. */
+       public Boolean getBooleanOrDefault(final String key, final boolean 
defaultValue){
+               Object returnable;
+               if(this.containsKey(key)){
+                       returnable = this.get(key);
+               }else{
+                       return defaultValue;
+               }
+               if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       returnable = Boolean.valueOf((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return (Boolean)returnable;
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value 
at the given key.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or 
truncation).
+        * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed 
return type.
+        * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid 
representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+        *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+        * @see Number#byteValue() */
+       public Byte getByte(final String key){
+               Object returnable = this.get(key);
+               if(returnable == null){
+                       return null;
+               }
+               if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       /* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return ((Number)returnable).byteValue();
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value 
at the given key.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't 
in the JsonObject.
+        * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or 
truncation) or the default provided if the key
+        *         doesn't exist.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return type.
+        * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid 
representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+        *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+        * @see Number#byteValue() */
+       public Byte getByteOrDefault(final String key, final byte defaultValue){
+               Object returnable;
+               if(this.containsKey(key)){
+                       returnable = this.get(key);
+               }else{
+                       return defaultValue;
+               }
+               if(returnable == null){
+                       return null;
+               }
+               if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       /* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return ((Number)returnable).byteValue();
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Collection at the 
given key.
+        * @param <T> the kind of collection to expect at the key. Note unless 
manually added, collection values will be a
+        *        JsonArray.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @return the value stored at the key.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed 
return type. */
+       @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+       public <T extends Collection<?>> T getCollection(final String key){
+               /* The unchecked warning is suppressed because there is no way 
of guaranteeing at compile time the cast will
+                * work. */
+               return (T)this.get(key);
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Collection at the 
given key.
+        * @param <T> the kind of collection to expect at the key. Note unless 
manually added, collection values will be a
+        *        JsonArray.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't 
in the JsonObject.
+        * @return the value stored at the key or the default provided if the 
key doesn't exist.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return type. */
+       @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+       public <T extends Collection<?>> T getCollectionOrDefault(final String 
key, final T defaultValue){
+               /* The unchecked warning is suppressed because there is no way 
of guaranteeing at compile time the cast will
+                * work. */
+               Object returnable;
+               if(this.containsKey(key)){
+                       returnable = this.get(key);
+               }else{
+                       return defaultValue;
+               }
+               return (T)returnable;
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value 
at the given key.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or 
truncation).
+        * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed 
return type.
+        * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid 
representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+        *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+        * @see Number#doubleValue() */
+       public Double getDouble(final String key){
+               Object returnable = this.get(key);
+               if(returnable == null){
+                       return null;
+               }
+               if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       /* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return ((Number)returnable).doubleValue();
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value 
at the given key.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't 
in the JsonObject.
+        * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or 
truncation) or the default provided if the key
+        *         doesn't exist.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return type.
+        * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid 
representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+        *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+        * @see Number#doubleValue() */
+       public Double getDoubleOrDefault(final String key, final double 
defaultValue){
+               Object returnable;
+               if(this.containsKey(key)){
+                       returnable = this.get(key);
+               }else{
+                       return defaultValue;
+               }
+               if(returnable == null){
+                       return null;
+               }
+               if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       /* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return ((Number)returnable).doubleValue();
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a String value at the 
given key representing a fully qualified name
+        * in
+        * dot notation of an enum.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @param <T> the Enum type the value at the key is expected to belong 
to.
+        * @return the enum based on the string found at the key, or null if 
the value paired with the provided key is null.
+        * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the value was a String but the 
declaring enum type couldn't be determined with
+        *         it.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if the element at the index was not a 
String or if the fully qualified enum name is of
+        *         the wrong type.
+        * @throws IllegalArgumentException if an enum type was determined but 
it doesn't define an enum with the determined
+        *         name.
+        * @see Enum#valueOf(Class, String) */
+       @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+       public <T extends Enum<T>> T getEnum(final String key) throws 
ClassNotFoundException{
+               /* Supressing the unchecked warning because the returnType is 
dynamically identified and could lead to a
+                * ClassCastException when returnType is cast to Class<T>, 
which is expected by the method's contract. */
+               T returnable;
+               final String value;
+               final String[] splitValues;
+               final int numberOfSplitValues;
+               final StringBuilder returnTypeName;
+               final StringBuilder enumName;
+               final Class<T> returnType;
+               /* Make sure the value at the key is a String. */
+               value = this.getStringOrDefault(key, "");
+               if(value == null){
+                       return null;
+               }
+               /* Get the package, class, and enum names. */
+               splitValues = value.split("\\.");
+               numberOfSplitValues = splitValues.length;
+               returnTypeName = new StringBuilder();
+               enumName = new StringBuilder();
+               for(int i = 0; i < numberOfSplitValues; i++){
+                       if(i == (numberOfSplitValues - 1)){
+                               /* If it is the last split value then it should 
be the name of the Enum since dots are not allowed
+                                * in enum names. */
+                               enumName.append(splitValues[i]);
+                       }else if(i == (numberOfSplitValues - 2)){
+                               /* If it is the penultimate split value then it 
should be the end of the package/enum type and not
+                                * need a dot appended to it. */
+                               returnTypeName.append(splitValues[i]);
+                       }else{
+                               /* Must be part of the package/enum type and 
will need a dot appended to it since they got removed
+                                * in the split. */
+                               returnTypeName.append(splitValues[i]);
+                               returnTypeName.append(".");
+                       }
+               }
+               /* Use the package/class and enum names to get the Enum<T>. */
+               returnType = (Class<T>)Class.forName(returnTypeName.toString());
+               returnable = Enum.valueOf(returnType, enumName.toString());
+               return returnable;
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a String value at the 
given key representing a fully qualified name
+        * in
+        * dot notation of an enum.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't 
in the JsonObject.
+        * @param <T> the Enum type the value at the key is expected to belong 
to.
+        * @return the enum based on the string found at the key, or the 
defaultValue provided if the key doesn't exist, or
+        *         null if the value paired with provided key is null.
+        * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the value was a String but the 
declaring enum type couldn't be determined with
+        *         it.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if the element at the index was not a 
String or if the fully qualified enum name is of
+        *         the wrong type.
+        * @throws IllegalArgumentException if an enum type was determined but 
it doesn't define an enum with the determined
+        *         name.
+        * @see Enum#valueOf(Class, String) */
+       @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+       public <T extends Enum<T>> T getEnumOrDefault(final String key, final T 
defaultValue) throws ClassNotFoundException{
+               /* Supressing the unchecked warning because the returnType is 
dynamically identified and could lead to a
+                * ClassCastException when returnType is cast to Class<T>, 
which is expected by the method's contract. */
+               T returnable;
+               final String value;
+               final String[] splitValues;
+               final int numberOfSplitValues;
+               final StringBuilder returnTypeName;
+               final StringBuilder enumName;
+               final Class<T> returnType;
+               /* Check to make sure the key wasn't actually there and wasn't 
coincidentally the defaulted String as its
+                * value. */
+               if(this.containsKey(key)){
+                       /* Make sure the value at the key is a String. */
+                       value = this.getStringOrDefault(key, "");
+                       if(value == null){
+                               return null;
+                       }
+                       /* Get the package, class, and enum names. */
+                       splitValues = value.split("\\.");
+                       numberOfSplitValues = splitValues.length;
+                       returnTypeName = new StringBuilder();
+                       enumName = new StringBuilder();
+                       for(int i = 0; i < numberOfSplitValues; i++){
+                               if(i == (numberOfSplitValues - 1)){
+                                       /* If it is the last split value then 
it should be the name of the Enum since dots are not allowed
+                                        * in enum names. */
+                                       enumName.append(splitValues[i]);
+                               }else if(i == (numberOfSplitValues - 2)){
+                                       /* If it is the penultimate split value 
then it should be the end of the package/enum type and not
+                                        * need a dot appended to it. */
+                                       returnTypeName.append(splitValues[i]);
+                               }else{
+                                       /* Must be part of the package/enum 
type and will need a dot appended to it since they got removed
+                                        * in the split. */
+                                       returnTypeName.append(splitValues[i]);
+                                       returnTypeName.append(".");
+                               }
+                       }
+                       /* Use the package/class and enum names to get the 
Enum<T>. */
+                       returnType = 
(Class<T>)Class.forName(returnTypeName.toString());
+                       returnable = Enum.valueOf(returnType, 
enumName.toString());
+               }else{
+                       /* It wasn't there and according to the method's 
contract we return the default value. */
+                       return defaultValue;
+               }
+               return returnable;
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value 
at the given key.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or 
truncation).
+        * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed 
return type.
+        * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid 
representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+        *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+        * @see Number#floatValue() */
+       public Float getFloat(final String key){
+               Object returnable = this.get(key);
+               if(returnable == null){
+                       return null;
+               }
+               if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       /* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return ((Number)returnable).floatValue();
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value 
at the given key.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't 
in the JsonObject.
+        * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or 
truncation) or the default provided if the key
+        *         doesn't exist.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return type.
+        * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid 
representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+        *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+        * @see Number#floatValue() */
+       public Float getFloatOrDefault(final String key, final float 
defaultValue){
+               Object returnable;
+               if(this.containsKey(key)){
+                       returnable = this.get(key);
+               }else{
+                       return defaultValue;
+               }
+               if(returnable == null){
+                       return null;
+               }
+               if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       /* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return ((Number)returnable).floatValue();
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value 
at the given key.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or 
truncation).
+        * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed 
return type.
+        * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid 
representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+        *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+        * @see Number#intValue() */
+       public Integer getInteger(final String key){
+               Object returnable = this.get(key);
+               if(returnable == null){
+                       return null;
+               }
+               if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       /* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return ((Number)returnable).intValue();
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value 
at the given key.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't 
in the JsonObject.
+        * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or 
truncation) or the default provided if the key
+        *         doesn't exist.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return type.
+        * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid 
representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+        *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+        * @see Number#intValue() */
+       public Integer getIntegerOrDefault(final String key, final int 
defaultValue){
+               Object returnable;
+               if(this.containsKey(key)){
+                       returnable = this.get(key);
+               }else{
+                       return defaultValue;
+               }
+               if(returnable == null){
+                       return null;
+               }
+               if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       /* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return ((Number)returnable).intValue();
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value 
at the given key.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or 
truncation).
+        * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed 
return type.
+        * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid 
representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+        *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+        * @see Number#longValue() */
+       public Long getLong(final String key){
+               Object returnable = this.get(key);
+               if(returnable == null){
+                       return null;
+               }
+               if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       /* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return ((Number)returnable).longValue();
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value 
at the given key.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't 
in the JsonObject.
+        * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or 
truncation) or the default provided if the key
+        *         doesn't exist.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return type.
+        * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid 
representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+        *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+        * @see Number#longValue() */
+       public Long getLongOrDefault(final String key, final long defaultValue){
+               Object returnable;
+               if(this.containsKey(key)){
+                       returnable = this.get(key);
+               }else{
+                       return defaultValue;
+               }
+               if(returnable == null){
+                       return null;
+               }
+               if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       /* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return ((Number)returnable).longValue();
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Map at the given key.
+        * @param <T> the kind of map to expect at the key. Note unless 
manually added, Map values will be a JsonObject.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @return the value stored at the key.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed 
return type. */
+       @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+       public <T extends Map<?, ?>> T getMap(final String key){
+               /* The unchecked warning is suppressed because there is no way 
of guaranteeing at compile time the cast will
+                * work. */
+               return (T)this.get(key);
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Map at the given key.
+        * @param <T> the kind of map to expect at the key. Note unless 
manually added, Map values will be a JsonObject.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't 
in the JsonObject.
+        * @return the value stored at the key or the default provided if the 
key doesn't exist.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return type. */
+       @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+       public <T extends Map<?, ?>> T getMapOrDefault(final String key, final 
T defaultValue){
+               /* The unchecked warning is suppressed because there is no way 
of guaranteeing at compile time the cast will
+                * work. */
+               Object returnable;
+               if(this.containsKey(key)){
+                       returnable = this.get(key);
+               }else{
+                       returnable = defaultValue;
+               }
+               return (T)returnable;
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value 
at the given key.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or 
truncation).
+        * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed 
return type.
+        * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid 
representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+        *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+        * @see Number#shortValue() */
+       public Short getShort(final String key){
+               Object returnable = this.get(key);
+               if(returnable == null){
+                       return null;
+               }
+               if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       /* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return ((Number)returnable).shortValue();
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value 
at the given key.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't 
in the JsonObject.
+        * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or 
truncation) or the default provided if the key
+        *         doesn't exist.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return type.
+        * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid 
representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+        *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+        * @see Number#shortValue() */
+       public Short getShortOrDefault(final String key, final short 
defaultValue){
+               Object returnable;
+               if(this.containsKey(key)){
+                       returnable = this.get(key);
+               }else{
+                       return defaultValue;
+               }
+               if(returnable == null){
+                       return null;
+               }
+               if(returnable instanceof String){
+                       /* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+                       returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+               }
+               return ((Number)returnable).shortValue();
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Boolean, Number, or 
String value at the given key.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @return the value stored at the key.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed 
return type. */
+       public String getString(final String key){
+               Object returnable = this.get(key);
+               if(returnable instanceof Boolean){
+                       returnable = returnable.toString();
+               }else if(returnable instanceof Number){
+                       returnable = returnable.toString();
+               }
+               return (String)returnable;
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes there is a Boolean, Number, or 
String value at the given key.
+        * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+        * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't 
in the JsonObject.
+        * @return the value stored at the key or the default provided if the 
key doesn't exist.
+        * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the 
assumed return type. */
+       public String getStringOrDefault(final String key, final String 
defaultValue){
+               Object returnable;
+               if(this.containsKey(key)){
+                       returnable = this.get(key);
+               }else{
+                       return defaultValue;
+               }
+               if(returnable instanceof Boolean){
+                       returnable = returnable.toString();
+               }else if(returnable instanceof Number){
+                       returnable = returnable.toString();
+               }
+               return (String)returnable;
+       }
+
+       /* (non-Javadoc)
+        * @see org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsonable#asJsonString() */
+       @Override
+       public String toJson(){
+               final StringWriter writable = new StringWriter();
+               try{
+                       this.toJson(writable);
+               }catch(final IOException caught){
+                       /* See java.io.StringWriter. */
+               }
+               return writable.toString();
+       }
+
+       /* (non-Javadoc)
+        * @see 
org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsonable#toJsonString(java.io.Writer) */
+       @Override
+       public void toJson(final Writer writable) throws IOException{
+               /* Writes the map in JSON object format. */
+               boolean isFirstEntry = true;
+               final Iterator<Map.Entry<String, Object>> entries = 
this.entrySet().iterator();
+               writable.write('{');
+               while(entries.hasNext()){
+                       if(isFirstEntry){
+                               isFirstEntry = false;
+                       }else{
+                               writable.write(',');
+                       }
+                       final Map.Entry<String, Object> entry = entries.next();
+                       writable.write(Jsoner.serialize(entry.getKey()));
+                       writable.write(':');
+                       writable.write(Jsoner.serialize(entry.getValue()));
+               }
+               writable.write('}');
+       }
+}
diff --git 
a/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Jsonable.java 
b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Jsonable.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff344d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Jsonable.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* Copyright 2016 Clifton Labs
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License. */
+package org.apache.camel.util.json;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Writer;
+
+/** Jsonables can be serialized in java script object notation (JSON).
+ * @since 2.0.0 */
+public interface Jsonable{
+    /** Serialize to a JSON formatted string.
+     * @return a string, formatted in JSON, that represents the Jsonable. */
+    public String toJson();
+
+    /** Serialize to a JSON formatted stream.
+     * @param writable where the resulting JSON text should be sent.
+     * @throws IOException when the writable encounters an I/O error. */
+    public void toJson(Writer writable) throws IOException;
+}
diff --git 
a/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Jsoner.java 
b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Jsoner.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c518b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Jsoner.java
@@ -0,0 +1,860 @@
+/* Copyright 2016 Clifton Labs
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License. */
+package org.apache.camel.util.json;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/** Jsoner provides JSON utilities for escaping strings to be JSON compatible, 
thread safe parsing (RFC 4627) JSON
+ * strings, and serializing data to strings in JSON format.
+ * @since 2.0.0 */
+public class Jsoner{
+       /** Flags to tweak the behavior of the primary deserialization method. 
*/
+       private static enum DeserializationOptions{
+               /** Whether a multiple JSON values can be deserialized as a 
root element. */
+               ALLOW_CONCATENATED_JSON_VALUES,
+               /** Whether a JsonArray can be deserialized as a root element. 
*/
+               ALLOW_JSON_ARRAYS,
+               /** Whether a boolean, null, Number, or String can be 
deserialized as a root element. */
+               ALLOW_JSON_DATA,
+               /** Whether a JsonObject can be deserialized as a root element. 
*/
+               ALLOW_JSON_OBJECTS;
+       }
+
+       /** Flags to tweak the behavior of the primary serialization method. */
+       private static enum SerializationOptions{
+               /** Instead of aborting serialization on non-JSON values that 
are Enums it will continue serialization with the
+                * Enums' "${PACKAGE}.${DECLARING_CLASS}.${NAME}".
+                * @see Enum */
+               ALLOW_FULLY_QUALIFIED_ENUMERATIONS,
+               /** Instead of aborting serialization on non-JSON values it 
will continue serialization by serializing the
+                * non-JSON value directly into the now invalid JSON. Be 
mindful that invalid JSON will not successfully
+                * deserialize. */
+               ALLOW_INVALIDS,
+               /** Instead of aborting serialization on non-JSON values that 
implement Jsonable it will continue serialization
+                * by deferring serialization to the Jsonable.
+                * @see Jsonable */
+               ALLOW_JSONABLES,
+               /** Instead of aborting serialization on non-JSON values it 
will continue serialization by using reflection to
+                * best describe the value as a JsonObject. */
+               ALLOW_UNDEFINEDS;
+       }
+
+       /** The possible States of a JSON deserializer. */
+       private static enum States{
+               /** Post-parsing state. */
+               DONE,
+               /** Pre-parsing state. */
+               INITIAL,
+               /** Parsing error, ParsingException should be thrown. */
+               PARSED_ERROR,
+               PARSING_ARRAY,
+               /** Parsing a key-value pair inside of an object. */
+               PARSING_ENTRY,
+               PARSING_OBJECT;
+       }
+
+       private Jsoner(){
+               /* Keeping it classy. */
+       }
+
+       /** Deserializes a readable stream according to the RFC 4627 JSON 
specification.
+        * @param readableDeserializable representing content to be 
deserialized as JSON.
+        * @return either a boolean, null, Number, String, JsonObject, or 
JsonArray that best represents the deserializable.
+        * @throws DeserializationException if an unexpected token is 
encountered in the deserializable. To recover from a
+        *         DeserializationException: fix the deserializable
+        *         to no longer have an unexpected token and try again.
+        * @throws IOException if the underlying reader encounters an I/O 
error. Ensure the reader is properly instantiated,
+        *         isn't closed, or that it is ready before trying again. */
+       public static Object deserialize(final Reader readableDeserializable) 
throws DeserializationException, IOException{
+               return Jsoner.deserialize(readableDeserializable, 
EnumSet.of(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_ARRAYS, 
DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_OBJECTS, 
DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_DATA)).get(0);
+       }
+
+       /** Deserialize a stream with all deserialized JSON values are wrapped 
in a JsonArray.
+        * @param deserializable representing content to be deserialized as 
JSON.
+        * @param flags representing the allowances and restrictions on 
deserialization.
+        * @return the allowable object best represented by the deserializable.
+        * @throws DeserializationException if a disallowed or unexpected token 
is encountered in the deserializable. To
+        *         recover from a DeserializationException: fix the
+        *         deserializable to no longer have a disallowed or unexpected 
token and try again.
+        * @throws IOException if the underlying reader encounters an I/O 
error. Ensure the reader is properly instantiated,
+        *         isn't closed, or that it is ready before trying again. */
+       private static JsonArray deserialize(final Reader deserializable, final 
Set<DeserializationOptions> flags) throws DeserializationException, IOException{
+               final Yylex lexer = new Yylex(deserializable);
+               Yytoken token;
+               States currentState;
+               int returnCount = 1;
+               final LinkedList<States> stateStack = new LinkedList<>();
+               final LinkedList<Object> valueStack = new LinkedList<>();
+               stateStack.addLast(States.INITIAL);
+               //System.out.println("//////////DESERIALIZING//////////");
+               do{
+                       /* Parse through the parsable string's tokens. */
+                       currentState = Jsoner.popNextState(stateStack);
+                       token = Jsoner.lexNextToken(lexer);
+                       switch(currentState){
+                               case DONE:
+                                       /* The parse has finished a JSON value. 
*/
+                                       
if(!flags.contains(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_CONCATENATED_JSON_VALUES) || 
Yytoken.Types.END.equals(token.getType())){
+                                               /* Break if concatenated values 
are not allowed or if an END token is read. */
+                                               break;
+                                       }
+                                       /* Increment the amount of returned 
JSON values and treat the token as if it were a fresh parse. */
+                                       returnCount += 1;
+                                       /* Fall through to the case for the 
initial state. */
+                                       //$FALL-THROUGH$
+                               case INITIAL:
+                                       /* The parse has just started. */
+                                       switch(token.getType()){
+                                               case DATUM:
+                                                       /* A boolean, null, 
Number, or String could be detected. */
+                                                       
if(flags.contains(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_DATA)){
+                                                               
valueStack.addLast(token.getValue());
+                                                               
stateStack.addLast(States.DONE);
+                                                       }else{
+                                                               throw new 
DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), 
DeserializationException.Problems.DISALLOWED_TOKEN, token);
+                                                       }
+                                                       break;
+                                               case LEFT_BRACE:
+                                                       /* An object is 
detected. */
+                                                       
if(flags.contains(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_OBJECTS)){
+                                                               
valueStack.addLast(new JsonObject());
+                                                               
stateStack.addLast(States.PARSING_OBJECT);
+                                                       }else{
+                                                               throw new 
DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), 
DeserializationException.Problems.DISALLOWED_TOKEN, token);
+                                                       }
+                                                       break;
+                                               case LEFT_SQUARE:
+                                                       /* An array is 
detected. */
+                                                       
if(flags.contains(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_ARRAYS)){
+                                                               
valueStack.addLast(new JsonArray());
+                                                               
stateStack.addLast(States.PARSING_ARRAY);
+                                                       }else{
+                                                               throw new 
DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), 
DeserializationException.Problems.DISALLOWED_TOKEN, token);
+                                                       }
+                                                       break;
+                                               default:
+                                                       /* Neither a JSON array 
or object was detected. */
+                                                       throw new 
DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), 
DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_TOKEN, token);
+                                       }
+                                       break;
+                               case PARSED_ERROR:
+                                       /* The parse could be in this state due 
to the state stack not having a state to pop off. */
+                                       throw new 
DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), 
DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_TOKEN, token);
+                               case PARSING_ARRAY:
+                                       switch(token.getType()){
+                                               case COMMA:
+                                                       /* The parse could 
detect a comma while parsing an array since it separates each element. */
+                                                       
stateStack.addLast(currentState);
+                                                       break;
+                                               case DATUM:
+                                                       /* The parse found an 
element of the array. */
+                                                       JsonArray val = 
(JsonArray)valueStack.getLast();
+                                                       
val.add(token.getValue());
+                                                       
stateStack.addLast(currentState);
+                                                       break;
+                                               case LEFT_BRACE:
+                                                       /* The parse found an 
object in the array. */
+                                                       val = 
(JsonArray)valueStack.getLast();
+                                                       final JsonObject object 
= new JsonObject();
+                                                       val.add(object);
+                                                       
valueStack.addLast(object);
+                                                       
stateStack.addLast(currentState);
+                                                       
stateStack.addLast(States.PARSING_OBJECT);
+                                                       break;
+                                               case LEFT_SQUARE:
+                                                       /* The parse found 
another array in the array. */
+                                                       val = 
(JsonArray)valueStack.getLast();
+                                                       final JsonArray array = 
new JsonArray();
+                                                       val.add(array);
+                                                       
valueStack.addLast(array);
+                                                       
stateStack.addLast(currentState);
+                                                       
stateStack.addLast(States.PARSING_ARRAY);
+                                                       break;
+                                               case RIGHT_SQUARE:
+                                                       /* The parse found the 
end of the array. */
+                                                       if(valueStack.size() > 
returnCount){
+                                                               
valueStack.removeLast();
+                                                       }else{
+                                                               /* The parse 
has been fully resolved. */
+                                                               
stateStack.addLast(States.DONE);
+                                                       }
+                                                       break;
+                                               default:
+                                                       /* Any other token is 
invalid in an array. */
+                                                       throw new 
DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), 
DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_TOKEN, token);
+                                       }
+                                       break;
+                               case PARSING_OBJECT:
+                                       /* The parse has detected the start of 
an object. */
+                                       switch(token.getType()){
+                                               case COMMA:
+                                                       /* The parse could 
detect a comma while parsing an object since it separates each key value
+                                                        * pair. Continue 
parsing the object. */
+                                                       
stateStack.addLast(currentState);
+                                                       break;
+                                               case DATUM:
+                                                       /* The token ought to 
be a key. */
+                                                       if(token.getValue() 
instanceof String){
+                                                               /* JSON keys 
are always strings, strings are not always JSON keys but it is going to be
+                                                                * treated as 
one. Continue parsing the object. */
+                                                               final String 
key = (String)token.getValue();
+                                                               
valueStack.addLast(key);
+                                                               
stateStack.addLast(currentState);
+                                                               
stateStack.addLast(States.PARSING_ENTRY);
+                                                       }else{
+                                                               /* Abort! JSON 
keys are always strings and it wasn't a string. */
+                                                               throw new 
DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), 
DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_TOKEN, token);
+                                                       }
+                                                       break;
+                                               case RIGHT_BRACE:
+                                                       /* The parse has found 
the end of the object. */
+                                                       if(valueStack.size() > 
returnCount){
+                                                               /* There are 
unresolved values remaining. */
+                                                               
valueStack.removeLast();
+                                                       }else{
+                                                               /* The parse 
has been fully resolved. */
+                                                               
stateStack.addLast(States.DONE);
+                                                       }
+                                                       break;
+                                               default:
+                                                       /* The parse didn't 
detect the end of an object or a key. */
+                                                       throw new 
DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), 
DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_TOKEN, token);
+                                       }
+                                       break;
+                               case PARSING_ENTRY:
+                                       switch(token.getType()){
+                                               /* Parsed pair keys can only 
happen while parsing objects. */
+                                               case COLON:
+                                                       /* The parse could 
detect a colon while parsing a key value pair since it separates the key
+                                                        * and value from each 
other. Continue parsing the entry. */
+                                                       
stateStack.addLast(currentState);
+                                                       break;
+                                               case DATUM:
+                                                       /* The parse has found 
a value for the parsed pair key. */
+                                                       String key = 
(String)valueStack.removeLast();
+                                                       JsonObject parent = 
(JsonObject)valueStack.getLast();
+                                                       parent.put(key, 
token.getValue());
+                                                       break;
+                                               case LEFT_BRACE:
+                                                       /* The parse has found 
an object for the parsed pair key. */
+                                                       key = 
(String)valueStack.removeLast();
+                                                       parent = 
(JsonObject)valueStack.getLast();
+                                                       final JsonObject object 
= new JsonObject();
+                                                       parent.put(key, object);
+                                                       
valueStack.addLast(object);
+                                                       
stateStack.addLast(States.PARSING_OBJECT);
+                                                       break;
+                                               case LEFT_SQUARE:
+                                                       /* The parse has found 
an array for the parsed pair key. */
+                                                       key = 
(String)valueStack.removeLast();
+                                                       parent = 
(JsonObject)valueStack.getLast();
+                                                       final JsonArray array = 
new JsonArray();
+                                                       parent.put(key, array);
+                                                       
valueStack.addLast(array);
+                                                       
stateStack.addLast(States.PARSING_ARRAY);
+                                                       break;
+                                               default:
+                                                       /* The parse didn't 
find anything for the parsed pair key. */
+                                                       throw new 
DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), 
DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_TOKEN, token);
+                                       }
+                                       break;
+                               default:
+                                       break;
+                       }
+                       //System.out.println("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~");
+                       //System.out.println(currentState);
+                       //System.out.println(token);
+                       //System.out.println(valueStack);
+                       //System.out.println(stateStack);
+                       /* If we're not at the END and DONE then do the above 
again. */
+               }while(!(States.DONE.equals(currentState) && 
Yytoken.Types.END.equals(token.getType())));
+               //System.out.println("!!!!!!!!!!DESERIALIZED!!!!!!!!!!");
+               return new JsonArray(valueStack);
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes a StringReader to deserialize a 
string.
+        * @param deserializable representing content to be deserialized as 
JSON.
+        * @return either a boolean, null, Number, String, JsonObject, or 
JsonArray that best represents the deserializable.
+        * @throws DeserializationException if an unexpected token is 
encountered in the deserializable. To recover from a
+        *         DeserializationException: fix the deserializable
+        *         to no longer have an unexpected token and try again.
+        * @see Jsoner#deserialize(Reader)
+        * @see StringReader */
+       public static Object deserialize(final String deserializable) throws 
DeserializationException{
+               Object returnable;
+               StringReader readableDeserializable = null;
+               try{
+                       readableDeserializable = new 
StringReader(deserializable);
+                       returnable = Jsoner.deserialize(readableDeserializable);
+               }catch(IOException | NullPointerException caught){
+                       /* They both have the same recovery scenario.
+                        * See StringReader.
+                        * If deserializable is null, it should be reasonable 
to expect null back. */
+                       returnable = null;
+               }finally{
+                       if(readableDeserializable != null){
+                               readableDeserializable.close();
+                       }
+               }
+               return returnable;
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes a JsonArray must be deserialized.
+        * @param deserializable representing content to be deserializable as a 
JsonArray.
+        * @param defaultValue representing what would be returned if 
deserializable isn't a JsonArray or an IOException,
+        *        NullPointerException, or DeserializationException occurs 
during deserialization.
+        * @return a JsonArray that represents the deserializable, or the 
defaultValue if there isn't a JsonArray that
+        *         represents deserializable.
+        * @see Jsoner#deserialize(Reader) */
+       public static JsonArray deserialize(final String deserializable, final 
JsonArray defaultValue){
+               StringReader readable = null;
+               JsonArray returnable;
+               try{
+                       readable = new StringReader(deserializable);
+                       returnable = Jsoner.deserialize(readable, 
EnumSet.of(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_ARRAYS)).<JsonArray> 
getCollection(0);
+               }catch(NullPointerException | IOException | 
DeserializationException caught){
+                       /* Don't care, just return the default value. */
+                       returnable = defaultValue;
+               }finally{
+                       if(readable != null){
+                               readable.close();
+                       }
+               }
+               return returnable;
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes a JsonObject must be deserialized.
+        * @param deserializable representing content to be deserializable as a 
JsonObject.
+        * @param defaultValue representing what would be returned if 
deserializable isn't a JsonObject or an IOException,
+        *        NullPointerException, or DeserializationException occurs 
during deserialization.
+        * @return a JsonObject that represents the deserializable, or the 
defaultValue if there isn't a JsonObject that
+        *         represents deserializable.
+        * @see Jsoner#deserialize(Reader) */
+       public static JsonObject deserialize(final String deserializable, final 
JsonObject defaultValue){
+               StringReader readable = null;
+               JsonObject returnable;
+               try{
+                       readable = new StringReader(deserializable);
+                       returnable = Jsoner.deserialize(readable, 
EnumSet.of(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_OBJECTS)).<JsonObject> getMap(0);
+               }catch(NullPointerException | IOException | 
DeserializationException caught){
+                       /* Don't care, just return the default value. */
+                       returnable = defaultValue;
+               }finally{
+                       if(readable != null){
+                               readable.close();
+                       }
+               }
+               return returnable;
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes multiple RFC 4627 JSON values 
(except numbers) have been concatenated together
+        * for deserilization which will be collectively returned in a 
JsonArray wrapper.
+        * There may be numbers included, they just must not be concatenated 
together as it is prone to
+        * NumberFormatExceptions (thus causing a DeserializationException) or 
the numbers no longer represent their
+        * respective values.
+        * Examples:
+        * "123null321" returns [123, null, 321]
+        * "nullnullnulltruefalse\"\"{}[]" returns [null, null, null, true, 
false, "", {}, []]
+        * "123" appended to "321" returns [123321]
+        * "12.3" appended to "3.21" throws 
DeserializationException(NumberFormatException)
+        * "123" appended to "-321" throws 
DeserializationException(NumberFormatException)
+        * "123e321" appended to "-1" throws 
DeserializationException(NumberFormatException)
+        * "null12.33.21null" throws 
DeserializationException(NumberFormatException)
+        * @param deserializable representing concatenated content to be 
deserialized as JSON in one reader. Its contents
+        *        may
+        *        not contain two numbers concatenated together.
+        * @return a JsonArray that contains each of the concatenated objects 
as its elements. Each concatenated element is
+        *         either a boolean, null, Number, String, JsonArray, or 
JsonObject that best represents the concatenated
+        *         content inside deserializable.
+        * @throws DeserializationException if an unexpected token is 
encountered in the deserializable. To recover from a
+        *         DeserializationException: fix the deserializable to no 
longer have an unexpected token and try again.
+        * @throws IOException when the underlying reader encounters an I/O 
error. Ensure the reader is properly
+        *         instantiated, isn't closed, or that it is ready before 
trying again. */
+       public static JsonArray deserializeMany(final Reader deserializable) 
throws DeserializationException, IOException{
+               return Jsoner.deserialize(deserializable, 
EnumSet.of(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_ARRAYS, 
DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_OBJECTS, 
DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_DATA, 
DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_CONCATENATED_JSON_VALUES));
+       }
+
+       /** Escapes potentially confusing or important characters in the String 
provided.
+        * @param escapable an unescaped string.
+        * @return an escaped string for usage in JSON; An escaped string is 
one that has escaped all of the quotes ("),
+        *         backslashes (\), return character (\r), new line character 
(\n), tab character (\t),
+        *         backspace character (\b), form feed character (\f) and other 
control characters [u0000..u001F] or
+        *         characters [u007F..u009F], [u2000..u20FF] with a
+        *         backslash (\) which itself must be escaped by the backslash 
in a java string. */
+       public static String escape(final String escapable){
+               final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+               final int characters = escapable.length();
+               for(int i = 0; i < characters; i++){
+                       final char character = escapable.charAt(i);
+                       switch(character){
+                               case '"':
+                                       builder.append("\\\"");
+                                       break;
+                               case '\\':
+                                       builder.append("\\\\");
+                                       break;
+                               case '\b':
+                                       builder.append("\\b");
+                                       break;
+                               case '\f':
+                                       builder.append("\\f");
+                                       break;
+                               case '\n':
+                                       builder.append("\\n");
+                                       break;
+                               case '\r':
+                                       builder.append("\\r");
+                                       break;
+                               case '\t':
+                                       builder.append("\\t");
+                                       break;
+                               case '/':
+                                       builder.append("\\/");
+                                       break;
+                               default:
+                                       /* The many characters that get 
replaced are benign to software but could be mistaken by people
+                                        * reading it for a JSON relevant 
character. */
+                                       if(((character >= '\u0000') && 
(character <= '\u001F')) || ((character >= '\u007F') && (character <= 
'\u009F')) || ((character >= '\u2000') && (character <= '\u20FF'))){
+                                               final String characterHexCode = 
Integer.toHexString(character);
+                                               builder.append("\\u");
+                                               for(int k = 0; k < (4 - 
characterHexCode.length()); k++){
+                                                       builder.append("0");
+                                               }
+                                               
builder.append(characterHexCode.toUpperCase());
+                                       }else{
+                                               /* Character didn't need 
escaping. */
+                                               builder.append(character);
+                                       }
+                       }
+               }
+               return builder.toString();
+       }
+
+       /** Processes the lexer's reader for the next token.
+        * @param lexer represents a text processor being used in the 
deserialization process.
+        * @return a token representing a meaningful element encountered by the 
lexer.
+        * @throws DeserializationException if an unexpected character is 
encountered while processing the text.
+        * @throws IOException if the underlying reader inside the lexer 
encounters an I/O problem, like being prematurely
+        *         closed. */
+       private static Yytoken lexNextToken(final Yylex lexer) throws 
DeserializationException, IOException{
+               Yytoken returnable;
+               /* Parse through the next token. */
+               returnable = lexer.yylex();
+               if(returnable == null){
+                       /* If there isn't another token, it must be the end. */
+                       returnable = new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.END, null);
+               }
+               return returnable;
+       }
+
+       /** Used for state transitions while deserializing.
+        * @param stateStack represents the deserialization states saved for 
future processing.
+        * @return a state for deserialization context so it knows how to 
consume the next token. */
+       private static States popNextState(final LinkedList<States> stateStack){
+               if(stateStack.size() > 0){
+                       return stateStack.removeLast();
+               }else{
+                       return States.PARSED_ERROR;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /** Formats the JSON string to be more easily human readable using tabs 
for indentation.
+        * @param printable representing a JSON formatted string with out 
extraneous characters, like one returned from
+        *        Jsoner#serialize(Object).
+        * @return printable except it will have '\n' then '\t' characters 
inserted after '[', '{', ',' and before ']' '}'
+        *         tokens in the JSON. It will return null if printable isn't a 
JSON string. */
+       public static String prettyPrint(final String printable){
+               return Jsoner.prettyPrint(printable, "\t");
+       }
+
+       /** Formats the JSON string to be more easily human readable using an 
arbitrary amount of spaces for indentation.
+        * @param printable representing a JSON formatted string with out 
extraneous characters, like one returned from
+        *        Jsoner#serialize(Object).
+        * @param spaces representing the amount of spaces to use for 
indentation. Must be between 2 and 10.
+        * @return printable except it will have '\n' then space characters 
inserted after '[', '{', ',' and before ']' '}'
+        *         tokens in the JSON. It will return null if printable isn't a 
JSON string.
+        * @throws IllegalArgumentException if spaces isn't between [2..10].
+        * @see Jsoner#prettyPrint(String)
+        * @since 2.2.0 to allow pretty printing with spaces instead of tabs. */
+       public static String prettyPrint(final String printable, final int 
spaces){
+               if((spaces > 10) || (spaces < 2)){
+                       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Indentation with 
spaces must be between 2 and 10.");
+               }
+               final StringBuilder indentation = new StringBuilder("");
+               for(int i = 0; i < spaces; i++){
+                       indentation.append(" ");
+               }
+               return Jsoner.prettyPrint(printable, indentation.toString());
+       }
+
+       /** Makes the JSON string more easily human readable using indentation 
of the caller's choice.
+        * @param printable representing a JSON formatted string with out 
extraneous characters, like one returned from
+        *        Jsoner#serialize(Object).
+        * @param indentation representing the indentation used to format the 
JSON string.
+        * @return printable except it will have '\n' then indentation 
characters inserted after '[', '{', ',' and before
+        *         ']' '}'
+        *         tokens in the JSON. It will return null if printable isn't a 
JSON string. */
+       private static String prettyPrint(final String printable, final String 
indentation){
+               final Yylex lexer = new Yylex(new StringReader(printable));
+               Yytoken lexed;
+               final StringBuilder returnable = new StringBuilder();
+               int level = 0;
+               try{
+                       do{
+                               lexed = Jsoner.lexNextToken(lexer);
+                               switch(lexed.getType()){
+                                       case COLON:
+                                               returnable.append(":");
+                                               break;
+                                       case COMMA:
+                                               
returnable.append(lexed.getValue());
+                                               returnable.append("\n");
+                                               for(int i = 0; i < level; i++){
+                                                       
returnable.append(indentation);
+                                               }
+                                               break;
+                                       case END:
+                                               break;
+                                       case LEFT_BRACE:
+                                       case LEFT_SQUARE:
+                                               
returnable.append(lexed.getValue());
+                                               returnable.append("\n");
+                                               level++;
+                                               for(int i = 0; i < level; i++){
+                                                       
returnable.append(indentation);
+                                               }
+                                               break;
+                                       case RIGHT_BRACE:
+                                       case RIGHT_SQUARE:
+                                               returnable.append("\n");
+                                               level--;
+                                               for(int i = 0; i < level; i++){
+                                                       
returnable.append(indentation);
+                                               }
+                                               
returnable.append(lexed.getValue());
+                                               break;
+                                       default:
+                                               if(lexed.getValue() instanceof 
String){
+                                                       returnable.append("\"");
+                                                       
returnable.append(Jsoner.escape((String)lexed.getValue()));
+                                                       returnable.append("\"");
+                                               }else{
+                                                       
returnable.append(lexed.getValue());
+                                               }
+                                               break;
+                               }
+                               //System.out.println(lexed);
+                       }while(!lexed.getType().equals(Yytoken.Types.END));
+               }catch(final DeserializationException caught){
+                       /* This is according to the method's contract. */
+                       return null;
+               }catch(final IOException caught){
+                       /* See StringReader. */
+                       return null;
+               }
+               //System.out.println(printable);
+               //System.out.println(returnable);
+               //System.out.println(Jsoner.escape(returnable.toString()));
+               return returnable.toString();
+       }
+
+       /** A convenience method that assumes a StringWriter.
+        * @param jsonSerializable represents the object that should be 
serialized as a string in JSON format.
+        * @return a string, in JSON format, that represents the object 
provided.
+        * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the jsonSerializable isn't 
serializable in JSON.
+        * @see Jsoner#serialize(Object, Writer)
+        * @see StringWriter */
+       public static String serialize(final Object jsonSerializable){
+               final StringWriter writableDestination = new StringWriter();
+               try{
+                       Jsoner.serialize(jsonSerializable, writableDestination);
+               }catch(final IOException caught){
+                       /* See StringWriter. */
+               }
+               return writableDestination.toString();
+       }
+
+       /** Serializes values according to the RFC 4627 JSON specification. It 
will also trust the serialization provided by
+        * any Jsonables it serializes and serializes Enums that don't 
implement Jsonable as a string of their fully
+        * qualified name.
+        * @param jsonSerializable represents the object that should be 
serialized in JSON format.
+        * @param writableDestination represents where the resulting JSON text 
is written to.
+        * @throws IOException if the writableDestination encounters an I/O 
problem, like being closed while in use.
+        * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the jsonSerializable isn't 
serializable in JSON. */
+       public static void serialize(final Object jsonSerializable, final 
Writer writableDestination) throws IOException{
+               Jsoner.serialize(jsonSerializable, writableDestination, 
EnumSet.of(SerializationOptions.ALLOW_JSONABLES, 
SerializationOptions.ALLOW_FULLY_QUALIFIED_ENUMERATIONS));
+       }
+
+       /** Serialize values to JSON and write them to the provided writer 
based on behavior flags.
+        * @param jsonSerializable represents the object that should be 
serialized to a string in JSON format.
+        * @param writableDestination represents where the resulting JSON text 
is written to.
+        * @param replacement represents what is serialized instead of a 
non-JSON value when replacements are allowed.
+        * @param flags represents the allowances and restrictions on 
serialization.
+        * @throws IOException if the writableDestination encounters an I/O 
problem.
+        * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the jsonSerializable isn't 
serializable in JSON.
+        * @see SerializationOptions */
+       private static void serialize(final Object jsonSerializable, final 
Writer writableDestination, final Set<SerializationOptions> flags) throws 
IOException{
+               if(jsonSerializable == null){
+                       /* When a null is passed in the word null is supported 
in JSON. */
+                       writableDestination.write("null");
+               }else if(((jsonSerializable instanceof Jsonable) && 
flags.contains(SerializationOptions.ALLOW_JSONABLES))){
+                       /* Writes the writable as defined by the writable. */
+                       
writableDestination.write(((Jsonable)jsonSerializable).toJson());
+               }else if((jsonSerializable instanceof Enum) && 
flags.contains(SerializationOptions.ALLOW_FULLY_QUALIFIED_ENUMERATIONS)){
+                       /* Writes the enum as a special case of string. All 
enums (unless they implement Jsonable) will be the
+                        * string literal 
"${DECLARING_CLASS_NAME}.${ENUM_NAME}" as their value. */
+                       @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+                       final Enum e = (Enum)jsonSerializable;
+                       writableDestination.write('"');
+                       
writableDestination.write(e.getDeclaringClass().getName());
+                       writableDestination.write('.');
+                       writableDestination.write(e.name());
+                       writableDestination.write('"');
+               }else if(jsonSerializable instanceof String){
+                       /* Make sure the string is properly escaped. */
+                       writableDestination.write('"');
+                       
writableDestination.write(Jsoner.escape((String)jsonSerializable));
+                       writableDestination.write('"');
+               }else if(jsonSerializable instanceof Double){
+                       if(((Double)jsonSerializable).isInfinite() || 
((Double)jsonSerializable).isNaN()){
+                               /* Infinite and not a number are not supported 
by the JSON specification, so null is used instead. */
+                               writableDestination.write("null");
+                       }else{
+                               
writableDestination.write(jsonSerializable.toString());
+                       }
+               }else if(jsonSerializable instanceof Float){
+                       if(((Float)jsonSerializable).isInfinite() || 
((Float)jsonSerializable).isNaN()){
+                               /* Infinite and not a number are not supported 
by the JSON specification, so null is used instead. */
+                               writableDestination.write("null");
+                       }else{
+                               
writableDestination.write(jsonSerializable.toString());
+                       }
+               }else if(jsonSerializable instanceof Number){
+                       writableDestination.write(jsonSerializable.toString());
+               }else if(jsonSerializable instanceof Boolean){
+                       writableDestination.write(jsonSerializable.toString());
+               }else if(jsonSerializable instanceof Map){
+                       /* Writes the map in JSON object format. */
+                       boolean isFirstEntry = true;
+                       @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+                       final Iterator entries = 
((Map)jsonSerializable).entrySet().iterator();
+                       writableDestination.write('{');
+                       while(entries.hasNext()){
+                               if(isFirstEntry){
+                                       isFirstEntry = false;
+                               }else{
+                                       writableDestination.write(',');
+                               }
+                               @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+                               final Map.Entry entry = 
(Map.Entry)entries.next();
+                               Jsoner.serialize(entry.getKey(), 
writableDestination, flags);
+                               writableDestination.write(':');
+                               Jsoner.serialize(entry.getValue(), 
writableDestination, flags);
+                       }
+                       writableDestination.write('}');
+               }else if(jsonSerializable instanceof Collection){
+                       /* Writes the collection in JSON array format. */
+                       boolean isFirstElement = true;
+                       @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+                       final Iterator elements = 
((Collection)jsonSerializable).iterator();
+                       writableDestination.write('[');
+                       while(elements.hasNext()){
+                               if(isFirstElement){
+                                       isFirstElement = false;
+                               }else{
+                                       writableDestination.write(',');
+                               }
+                               Jsoner.serialize(elements.next(), 
writableDestination, flags);
+                       }
+                       writableDestination.write(']');
+               }else if(jsonSerializable instanceof byte[]){
+                       /* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
+                       final byte[] writableArray = (byte[])jsonSerializable;
+                       final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
+                       writableDestination.write('[');
+                       for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
+                               if(i == numberOfElements){
+                                       Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], 
writableDestination, flags);
+                               }else{
+                                       Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], 
writableDestination, flags);
+                                       writableDestination.write(',');
+                               }
+                       }
+                       writableDestination.write(']');
+               }else if(jsonSerializable instanceof short[]){
+                       /* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
+                       final short[] writableArray = (short[])jsonSerializable;
+                       final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
+                       writableDestination.write('[');
+                       for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
+                               if(i == numberOfElements){
+                                       Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], 
writableDestination, flags);
+                               }else{
+                                       Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], 
writableDestination, flags);
+                                       writableDestination.write(',');
+                               }
+                       }
+                       writableDestination.write(']');
+               }else if(jsonSerializable instanceof int[]){
+                       /* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
+                       final int[] writableArray = (int[])jsonSerializable;
+                       final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
+                       writableDestination.write('[');
+                       for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
+                               if(i == numberOfElements){
+                                       Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], 
writableDestination, flags);
+                               }else{
+                                       Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], 
writableDestination, flags);
+                                       writableDestination.write(',');
+                               }
+                       }
+                       writableDestination.write(']');
+               }else if(jsonSerializable instanceof long[]){
+                       /* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
+                       final long[] writableArray = (long[])jsonSerializable;
+                       final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
+                       writableDestination.write('[');
+                       for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
+                               if(i == numberOfElements){
+                                       Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], 
writableDestination, flags);
+                               }else{
+                                       Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], 
writableDestination, flags);
+                                       writableDestination.write(',');
+                               }
+                       }
+                       writableDestination.write(']');
+               }else if(jsonSerializable instanceof float[]){
+                       /* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
+                       final float[] writableArray = (float[])jsonSerializable;
+                       final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
+                       writableDestination.write('[');
+                       for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
+                               if(i == numberOfElements){
+                                       Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], 
writableDestination, flags);
+                               }else{
+                                       Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], 
writableDestination, flags);
+                                       writableDestination.write(',');
+                               }
+                       }
+                       writableDestination.write(']');
+               }else if(jsonSerializable instanceof double[]){
+                       /* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
+                       final double[] writableArray = 
(double[])jsonSerializable;
+                       final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
+                       writableDestination.write('[');
+                       for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
+                               if(i == numberOfElements){
+                                       Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], 
writableDestination, flags);
+                               }else{
+                                       Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], 
writableDestination, flags);
+                                       writableDestination.write(',');
+                               }
+                       }
+                       writableDestination.write(']');
+               }else if(jsonSerializable instanceof boolean[]){
+                       /* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
+                       final boolean[] writableArray = 
(boolean[])jsonSerializable;
+                       final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
+                       writableDestination.write('[');
+                       for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
+                               if(i == numberOfElements){
+                                       Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], 
writableDestination, flags);
+                               }else{
+                                       Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], 
writableDestination, flags);
+                                       writableDestination.write(',');
+                               }
+                       }
+                       writableDestination.write(']');
+               }else if(jsonSerializable instanceof char[]){
+                       /* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
+                       final char[] writableArray = (char[])jsonSerializable;
+                       final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
+                       writableDestination.write("[\"");
+                       for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
+                               if(i == numberOfElements){
+                                       Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], 
writableDestination, flags);
+                               }else{
+                                       Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], 
writableDestination, flags);
+                                       writableDestination.write("\",\"");
+                               }
+                       }
+                       writableDestination.write("\"]");
+               }else if(jsonSerializable instanceof Object[]){
+                       /* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
+                       final Object[] writableArray = 
(Object[])jsonSerializable;
+                       final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
+                       writableDestination.write('[');
+                       for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
+                               if(i == numberOfElements){
+                                       Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], 
writableDestination, flags);
+                               }else{
+                                       Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], 
writableDestination, flags);
+                                       writableDestination.write(",");
+                               }
+                       }
+                       writableDestination.write(']');
+               }else{
+                       /* TODO a potential feature for future release since 
POJOs are often represented as JsonObjects. It would be
+                        * nice to have a flag that tries to reflectively 
figure out what a non-Jsonable POJO's fields are and use
+                        * their names as keys and their respective values for 
the keys' values in the JsonObject?
+                        * Naturally implementing Jsonable is safer and in many 
ways makes this feature a convenience for not
+                        * needing
+                        * to implement Jsonable for very simple POJOs.
+                        * If it fails to produce a JsonObject to serialize it 
should defer to replacements if allowed.
+                        * If replacement fails it should defer to invalids if 
allowed.
+                        * This feature would require another serialize method 
exposed to allow this serialization.
+                        * This feature (although perhaps useful on its own) 
would also include a method in the JsonObject where you
+                        * pass it a class and it would do its best to 
instantiate a POJO of the class using the keys in the
+                        * JsonObject. */
+                       /* It cannot by any measure be safely serialized 
according to specification. */
+                       if(flags.contains(SerializationOptions.ALLOW_INVALIDS)){
+                               /* Can be helpful for debugging how it isn't 
valid. */
+                               
writableDestination.write(jsonSerializable.toString());
+                       }else{
+                               /* Notify the caller the cause of failure for 
the serialization. */
+                               throw new IllegalArgumentException("Encountered 
a: " + jsonSerializable.getClass().getName() + " as: " + 
jsonSerializable.toString() + "  that isn't JSON serializable.\n  Try:\n    1) 
Implementing the Jsonable interface for the object to return valid JSON. If it 
already does it probably has a bug.\n    2) If you cannot edit the source of 
the object or couple it with this library consider wrapping it in a class that 
does implement the Jsonable interface.\n    3) Otherwise convert it t [...]
+                       }
+               }
+               //System.out.println(writableDestination.toString());
+       }
+
+       /** Serializes like the first version of this library.
+        * It has been adapted to use Jsonable for serializing custom objects, 
but otherwise works like the old JSON string
+        * serializer. It
+        * will allow non-JSON values in its output like the old one. It can be 
helpful for last resort log statements and
+        * debugging errors in self generated JSON. Anything serialized using 
this method isn't guaranteed to be
+        * deserializable.
+        * @param jsonSerializable represents the object that should be 
serialized in JSON format.
+        * @param writableDestination represents where the resulting JSON text 
is written to.
+        * @throws IOException if the writableDestination encounters an I/O 
problem, like being closed while in use. */
+       public static void serializeCarelessly(final Object jsonSerializable, 
final Writer writableDestination) throws IOException{
+               Jsoner.serialize(jsonSerializable, writableDestination, 
EnumSet.of(SerializationOptions.ALLOW_JSONABLES, 
SerializationOptions.ALLOW_INVALIDS));
+       }
+
+       /** Serializes JSON values and only JSON values according to the RFC 
4627 JSON specification.
+        * @param jsonSerializable represents the object that should be 
serialized in JSON format.
+        * @param writableDestination represents where the resulting JSON text 
is written to.
+        * @throws IOException if the writableDestination encounters an I/O 
problem, like being closed while in use.
+        * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the jsonSerializable isn't 
serializable in JSON. */
+       public static void serializeStrictly(final Object jsonSerializable, 
final Writer writableDestination) throws IOException{
+               Jsoner.serialize(jsonSerializable, writableDestination, 
EnumSet.noneOf(SerializationOptions.class));
+       }
+}
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+/* The following code was generated by JFlex 1.4.3 on 8/30/16 5:50 PM */
+
+package org.apache.camel.util.json;
+
+
+/**
+ * This class is a scanner generated by 
+ * <a href="http://www.jflex.de/";>JFlex</a> 1.4.3
+ * on 8/30/16 5:50 PM from the specification file
+ * 
<tt>/home/davinloegering/cliftonlabs/workspace/json-simple/src/main/lex/jsonstrict.lex</tt>
+ */
+class Yylex {
+
+  /** This character denotes the end of file */
+  public static final int YYEOF = -1;
+
+  /** initial size of the lookahead buffer */
+  private static final int ZZ_BUFFERSIZE = 16384;
+
+  /** lexical states */
+  public static final int YYINITIAL = 0;
+  public static final int STRING_BEGIN = 2;
+
+  /**
+   * ZZ_LEXSTATE[l] is the state in the DFA for the lexical state l
+   * ZZ_LEXSTATE[l+1] is the state in the DFA for the lexical state l
+   *                  at the beginning of a line
+   * l is of the form l = 2*k, k a non negative integer
+   */
+  private static final int ZZ_LEXSTATE[] = { 
+     0,  0,  1, 1
+  };
+
+  /** 
+   * Translates characters to character classes
+   */
+  private static final String ZZ_CMAP_PACKED = 
+    "\11\0\1\7\1\7\2\0\1\7\22\0\1\7\1\0\1\11\10\0"+
+    "\1\6\1\31\1\2\1\4\1\12\12\3\1\32\6\0\4\1\1\5"+
+    "\1\1\24\0\1\27\1\10\1\30\3\0\1\22\1\13\2\1\1\21"+
+    "\1\14\5\0\1\23\1\0\1\15\3\0\1\16\1\24\1\17\1\20"+
+    "\5\0\1\25\1\0\1\26\uff82\0";
+
+  /** 
+   * Translates characters to character classes
+   */
+  private static final char [] ZZ_CMAP = zzUnpackCMap(ZZ_CMAP_PACKED);
+
+  /** 
+   * Translates DFA states to action switch labels.
+   */
+  private static final int [] ZZ_ACTION = zzUnpackAction();
+
+  private static final String ZZ_ACTION_PACKED_0 =
+    "\2\0\2\1\1\2\1\3\1\4\3\1\1\5\1\6"+
+    "\1\7\1\10\1\11\1\12\1\13\1\14\1\15\5\0"+
+    "\1\14\1\16\1\17\1\20\1\21\1\22\1\23\1\24"+
+    "\1\0\1\2\1\0\1\2\4\0\1\25\1\26\2\0"+
+    "\1\27";
+
+  private static int [] zzUnpackAction() {
+    int [] result = new int[45];
+    int offset = 0;
+    offset = zzUnpackAction(ZZ_ACTION_PACKED_0, offset, result);
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  private static int zzUnpackAction(String packed, int offset, int [] result) {
+    int i = 0;       /* index in packed string  */
+    int j = offset;  /* index in unpacked array */
+    int l = packed.length();
+    while (i < l) {
+      int count = packed.charAt(i++);
+      int value = packed.charAt(i++);
+      do result[j++] = value; while (--count > 0);
+    }
+    return j;
+  }
+
+
+  /** 
+   * Translates a state to a row index in the transition table
+   */
+  private static final int [] ZZ_ROWMAP = zzUnpackRowMap();
+
+  private static final String ZZ_ROWMAP_PACKED_0 =
+    "\0\0\0\33\0\66\0\121\0\154\0\207\0\66\0\242"+
+    "\0\275\0\330\0\66\0\66\0\66\0\66\0\66\0\66"+
+    "\0\363\0\u010e\0\66\0\u0129\0\u0144\0\u015f\0\u017a\0\u0195"+
+    "\0\66\0\66\0\66\0\66\0\66\0\66\0\66\0\66"+
+    "\0\u01b0\0\u01cb\0\u01e6\0\u01e6\0\u0201\0\u021c\0\u0237\0\u0252"+
+    "\0\66\0\66\0\u026d\0\u0288\0\66";
+
+  private static int [] zzUnpackRowMap() {
+    int [] result = new int[45];
+    int offset = 0;
+    offset = zzUnpackRowMap(ZZ_ROWMAP_PACKED_0, offset, result);
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  private static int zzUnpackRowMap(String packed, int offset, int [] result) {
+    int i = 0;  /* index in packed string  */
+    int j = offset;  /* index in unpacked array */
+    int l = packed.length();
+    while (i < l) {
+      int high = packed.charAt(i++) << 16;
+      result[j++] = high | packed.charAt(i++);
+    }
+    return j;
+  }
+
+  /** 
+   * The transition table of the DFA
+   */
+  private static final int ZZ_TRANS [] = {
+    2, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 2, 5, 2, 6, 
+    2, 2, 7, 8, 2, 9, 2, 2, 2, 2, 
+    2, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 16, 16, 
+    16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 17, 18, 16, 16, 16, 
+    16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 
+    16, 16, 16, 16, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, 4, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, 4, 19, 20, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 20, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, 5, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    21, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 22, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    23, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 
+    16, -1, -1, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 
+    16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 24, 25, 
+    26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    33, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 34, 35, -1, -1, 
+    34, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    36, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 37, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, 38, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, 39, -1, 39, -1, 39, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, 39, 39, -1, -1, -1, -1, 39, 
+    39, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, 33, -1, 20, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 20, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 35, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, 38, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 40, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, 41, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 42, -1, 42, -1, 42, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 42, 42, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, 42, 42, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, 43, -1, 43, -1, 43, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, 43, 43, -1, -1, -1, -1, 43, 43, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 44, 
+    -1, 44, -1, 44, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 44, 
+    44, -1, -1, -1, -1, 44, 44, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+  };
+
+  /* error codes */
+  private static final int ZZ_UNKNOWN_ERROR = 0;
+  private static final int ZZ_NO_MATCH = 1;
+  private static final int ZZ_PUSHBACK_2BIG = 2;
+
+  /* error messages for the codes above */
+  private static final String ZZ_ERROR_MSG[] = {
+    "Unkown internal scanner error",
+    "Error: could not match input",
+    "Error: pushback value was too large"
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * ZZ_ATTRIBUTE[aState] contains the attributes of state <code>aState</code>
+   */
+  private static final int [] ZZ_ATTRIBUTE = zzUnpackAttribute();
+
+  private static final String ZZ_ATTRIBUTE_PACKED_0 =
+    "\2\0\1\11\3\1\1\11\3\1\6\11\2\1\1\11"+
+    "\5\0\10\11\1\0\1\1\1\0\1\1\4\0\2\11"+
+    "\2\0\1\11";
+
+  private static int [] zzUnpackAttribute() {
+    int [] result = new int[45];
+    int offset = 0;
+    offset = zzUnpackAttribute(ZZ_ATTRIBUTE_PACKED_0, offset, result);
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  private static int zzUnpackAttribute(String packed, int offset, int [] 
result) {
+    int i = 0;       /* index in packed string  */
+    int j = offset;  /* index in unpacked array */
+    int l = packed.length();
+    while (i < l) {
+      int count = packed.charAt(i++);
+      int value = packed.charAt(i++);
+      do result[j++] = value; while (--count > 0);
+    }
+    return j;
+  }
+
+  /** the input device */
+  private java.io.Reader zzReader;
+
+  /** the current state of the DFA */
+  private int zzState;
+
+  /** the current lexical state */
+  private int zzLexicalState = YYINITIAL;
+
+  /** this buffer contains the current text to be matched and is
+      the source of the yytext() string */
+  private char zzBuffer[] = new char[ZZ_BUFFERSIZE];
+
+  /** the textposition at the last accepting state */
+  private int zzMarkedPos;
+
+  /** the current text position in the buffer */
+  private int zzCurrentPos;
+
+  /** startRead marks the beginning of the yytext() string in the buffer */
+  private int zzStartRead;
+
+  /** endRead marks the last character in the buffer, that has been read
+      from input */
+  private int zzEndRead;
+
+  /** number of newlines encountered up to the start of the matched text */
+  private int yyline;
+
+  /** the number of characters up to the start of the matched text */
+  private int yychar;
+
+  /**
+   * the number of characters from the last newline up to the start of the 
+   * matched text
+   */
+  private int yycolumn;
+
+  /** 
+   * zzAtBOL == true <=> the scanner is currently at the beginning of a line
+   */
+  private boolean zzAtBOL = true;
+
+  /** zzAtEOF == true <=> the scanner is at the EOF */
+  private boolean zzAtEOF;
+
+  /** denotes if the user-EOF-code has already been executed */
+  private boolean zzEOFDone;
+
+  /* user code: */
+private StringBuilder sb=new StringBuilder();
+
+int getPosition(){
+       return yychar;
+}
+
+
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new scanner
+   * There is also a java.io.InputStream version of this constructor.
+   *
+   * @param   in  the java.io.Reader to read input from.
+   */
+  Yylex(java.io.Reader in) {
+    this.zzReader = in;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new scanner.
+   * There is also java.io.Reader version of this constructor.
+   *
+   * @param   in  the java.io.Inputstream to read input from.
+   */
+  Yylex(java.io.InputStream in) {
+    this(new java.io.InputStreamReader(in));
+  }
+
+  /** 
+   * Unpacks the compressed character translation table.
+   *
+   * @param packed   the packed character translation table
+   * @return         the unpacked character translation table
+   */
+  private static char [] zzUnpackCMap(String packed) {
+    char [] map = new char[0x10000];
+    int i = 0;  /* index in packed string  */
+    int j = 0;  /* index in unpacked array */
+    while (i < 90) {
+      int  count = packed.charAt(i++);
+      char value = packed.charAt(i++);
+      do map[j++] = value; while (--count > 0);
+    }
+    return map;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Refills the input buffer.
+   *
+   * @return      <code>false</code>, iff there was new input.
+   * 
+   * @exception   java.io.IOException  if any I/O-Error occurs
+   */
+  private boolean zzRefill() throws java.io.IOException {
+
+    /* first: make room (if you can) */
+    if (zzStartRead > 0) {
+      System.arraycopy(zzBuffer, zzStartRead,
+                       zzBuffer, 0,
+                       zzEndRead-zzStartRead);
+
+      /* translate stored positions */
+      zzEndRead-= zzStartRead;
+      zzCurrentPos-= zzStartRead;
+      zzMarkedPos-= zzStartRead;
+      zzStartRead = 0;
+    }
+
+    /* is the buffer big enough? */
+    if (zzCurrentPos >= zzBuffer.length) {
+      /* if not: blow it up */
+      char newBuffer[] = new char[zzCurrentPos*2];
+      System.arraycopy(zzBuffer, 0, newBuffer, 0, zzBuffer.length);
+      zzBuffer = newBuffer;
+    }
+
+    /* finally: fill the buffer with new input */
+    int numRead = zzReader.read(zzBuffer, zzEndRead,
+                                            zzBuffer.length-zzEndRead);
+
+    if (numRead > 0) {
+      zzEndRead+= numRead;
+      return false;
+    }
+    // unlikely but not impossible: read 0 characters, but not at end of 
stream    
+    if (numRead == 0) {
+      int c = zzReader.read();
+      if (c == -1) {
+        return true;
+      } else {
+        zzBuffer[zzEndRead++] = (char) c;
+        return false;
+      }     
+    }
+
+       // numRead < 0
+    return true;
+  }
+
+    
+  /**
+   * Closes the input stream.
+   */
+  public final void yyclose() throws java.io.IOException {
+    zzAtEOF = true;            /* indicate end of file */
+    zzEndRead = zzStartRead;  /* invalidate buffer    */
+
+    if (zzReader != null)
+      zzReader.close();
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Resets the scanner to read from a new input stream.
+   * Does not close the old reader.
+   *
+   * All internal variables are reset, the old input stream 
+   * <b>cannot</b> be reused (internal buffer is discarded and lost).
+   * Lexical state is set to <tt>ZZ_INITIAL</tt>.
+   *
+   * @param reader   the new input stream 
+   */
+  public final void yyreset(java.io.Reader reader) {
+    zzReader = reader;
+    zzAtBOL  = true;
+    zzAtEOF  = false;
+    zzEOFDone = false;
+    zzEndRead = zzStartRead = 0;
+    zzCurrentPos = zzMarkedPos = 0;
+    yyline = yychar = yycolumn = 0;
+    zzLexicalState = YYINITIAL;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the current lexical state.
+   */
+  public final int yystate() {
+    return zzLexicalState;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Enters a new lexical state
+   *
+   * @param newState the new lexical state
+   */
+  public final void yybegin(int newState) {
+    zzLexicalState = newState;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the text matched by the current regular expression.
+   */
+  public final String yytext() {
+    return new String( zzBuffer, zzStartRead, zzMarkedPos-zzStartRead );
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the character at position <tt>pos</tt> from the 
+   * matched text. 
+   * 
+   * It is equivalent to yytext().charAt(pos), but faster
+   *
+   * @param pos the position of the character to fetch. 
+   *            A value from 0 to yylength()-1.
+   *
+   * @return the character at position pos
+   */
+  public final char yycharat(int pos) {
+    return zzBuffer[zzStartRead+pos];
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the length of the matched text region.
+   */
+  public final int yylength() {
+    return zzMarkedPos-zzStartRead;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Reports an error that occured while scanning.
+   *
+   * In a wellformed scanner (no or only correct usage of 
+   * yypushback(int) and a match-all fallback rule) this method 
+   * will only be called with things that "Can't Possibly Happen".
+   * If this method is called, something is seriously wrong
+   * (e.g. a JFlex bug producing a faulty scanner etc.).
+   *
+   * Usual syntax/scanner level error handling should be done
+   * in error fallback rules.
+   *
+   * @param   errorCode  the code of the errormessage to display
+   */
+  private void zzScanError(int errorCode) {
+    String message;
+    try {
+      message = ZZ_ERROR_MSG[errorCode];
+    }
+    catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
+      message = ZZ_ERROR_MSG[ZZ_UNKNOWN_ERROR];
+    }
+
+    throw new Error(message);
+  } 
+
+
+  /**
+   * Pushes the specified amount of characters back into the input stream.
+   *
+   * They will be read again by then next call of the scanning method
+   *
+   * @param number  the number of characters to be read again.
+   *                This number must not be greater than yylength()!
+   */
+  public void yypushback(int number)  {
+    if ( number > yylength() )
+      zzScanError(ZZ_PUSHBACK_2BIG);
+
+    zzMarkedPos -= number;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Resumes scanning until the next regular expression is matched,
+   * the end of input is encountered or an I/O-Error occurs.
+   *
+   * @return      the next token
+   * @exception   java.io.IOException  if any I/O-Error occurs
+   */
+  public Yytoken yylex() throws java.io.IOException, DeserializationException {
+    int zzInput;
+    int zzAction;
+
+    // cached fields:
+    int zzCurrentPosL;
+    int zzMarkedPosL;
+    int zzEndReadL = zzEndRead;
+    char [] zzBufferL = zzBuffer;
+    char [] zzCMapL = ZZ_CMAP;
+
+    int [] zzTransL = ZZ_TRANS;
+    int [] zzRowMapL = ZZ_ROWMAP;
+    int [] zzAttrL = ZZ_ATTRIBUTE;
+
+    while (true) {
+      zzMarkedPosL = zzMarkedPos;
+
+      yychar+= zzMarkedPosL-zzStartRead;
+
+      zzAction = -1;
+
+      zzCurrentPosL = zzCurrentPos = zzStartRead = zzMarkedPosL;
+  
+      zzState = ZZ_LEXSTATE[zzLexicalState];
+
+
+      zzForAction: {
+        while (true) {
+    
+          if (zzCurrentPosL < zzEndReadL)
+            zzInput = zzBufferL[zzCurrentPosL++];
+          else if (zzAtEOF) {
+            zzInput = YYEOF;
+            break zzForAction;
+          }
+          else {
+            // store back cached positions
+            zzCurrentPos  = zzCurrentPosL;
+            zzMarkedPos   = zzMarkedPosL;
+            boolean eof = zzRefill();
+            // get translated positions and possibly new buffer
+            zzCurrentPosL  = zzCurrentPos;
+            zzMarkedPosL   = zzMarkedPos;
+            zzBufferL      = zzBuffer;
+            zzEndReadL     = zzEndRead;
+            if (eof) {
+              zzInput = YYEOF;
+              break zzForAction;
+            }
+            else {
+              zzInput = zzBufferL[zzCurrentPosL++];
+            }
+          }
+          int zzNext = zzTransL[ zzRowMapL[zzState] + zzCMapL[zzInput] ];
+          if (zzNext == -1) break zzForAction;
+          zzState = zzNext;
+
+          int zzAttributes = zzAttrL[zzState];
+          if ( (zzAttributes & 1) == 1 ) {
+            zzAction = zzState;
+            zzMarkedPosL = zzCurrentPosL;
+            if ( (zzAttributes & 8) == 8 ) break zzForAction;
+          }
+
+        }
+      }
+
+      // store back cached position
+      zzMarkedPos = zzMarkedPosL;
+
+      switch (zzAction < 0 ? zzAction : ZZ_ACTION[zzAction]) {
+        case 4: 
+          { sb = null; sb = new StringBuilder(); yybegin(STRING_BEGIN);
+          }
+        case 24: break;
+        case 11: 
+          { sb.append(yytext());
+          }
+        case 25: break;
+        case 5: 
+          { return new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.LEFT_BRACE, null);
+          }
+        case 26: break;
+        case 16: 
+          { sb.append('\b');
+          }
+        case 27: break;
+        case 23: 
+          { try{
+                       int ch=Integer.parseInt(yytext().substring(2),16);
+                       sb.append((char)ch);
+               }catch(Exception e){
+                       /* The lexer is broken if it can build a 4 byte 
character code and fail to append the character. */
+                       throw new DeserializationException(yychar, 
DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_EXCEPTION, e);
+               }
+          }
+        case 28: break;
+        case 22: 
+          { Boolean val=Boolean.valueOf(yytext()); return new 
Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.DATUM, val);
+          }
+        case 29: break;
+        case 12: 
+          { sb.append('\\');
+          }
+        case 30: break;
+        case 10: 
+          { return new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.COLON, null);
+          }
+        case 31: break;
+        case 9: 
+          { return new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.COMMA, null);
+          }
+        case 32: break;
+        case 21: 
+          { return new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.DATUM, null);
+          }
+        case 33: break;
+        case 19: 
+          { sb.append('\r');
+          }
+        case 34: break;
+        case 15: 
+          { sb.append('/');
+          }
+        case 35: break;
+        case 2: 
+          { java.math.BigDecimal val= new java.math.BigDecimal(yytext()); 
return new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.DATUM, val);
+          }
+        case 36: break;
+        case 14: 
+          { sb.append('"');
+          }
+        case 37: break;
+        case 8: 
+          { return new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.RIGHT_SQUARE, null);
+          }
+        case 38: break;
+        case 17: 
+          { sb.append('\f');
+          }
+        case 39: break;
+        case 1: 
+          { throw new DeserializationException(yychar, 
DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_CHARACTER, new 
Character(yycharat(0)));
+          }
+        case 40: break;
+        case 6: 
+          { return new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.RIGHT_BRACE, null);
+          }
+        case 41: break;
+        case 20: 
+          { sb.append('\t');
+          }
+        case 42: break;
+        case 7: 
+          { return new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.LEFT_SQUARE, null);
+          }
+        case 43: break;
+        case 18: 
+          { sb.append('\n');
+          }
+        case 44: break;
+        case 13: 
+          { yybegin(YYINITIAL);return new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.DATUM, 
sb.toString());
+          }
+        case 45: break;
+        case 3: 
+          { 
+          }
+        case 46: break;
+        default: 
+          if (zzInput == YYEOF && zzStartRead == zzCurrentPos) {
+            zzAtEOF = true;
+            return null;
+          } 
+          else {
+            zzScanError(ZZ_NO_MATCH);
+          }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+
+}
diff --git 
a/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Yytoken.java 
b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Yytoken.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bed0759
--- /dev/null
+++ b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Yytoken.java
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/* Copyright 2016 Clifton Labs
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License. */
+package org.apache.camel.util.json;
+
+/** Represents structural entities in JSON.
+ * @since 2.0.0 */
+class Yytoken{
+    /** Represents the different kinds of tokens. */
+    enum Types{
+        /** Tokens of this type will always have a value of ":" */
+        COLON,
+        /** Tokens of this type will always have a value of "," */
+        COMMA,
+        /** Tokens of this type will always have a value that is a boolean, 
null, number, or string. */
+        DATUM,
+        /** Tokens of this type will always have a value of "" */
+        END,
+        /** Tokens of this type will always have a value of "{" */
+        LEFT_BRACE,
+        /** Tokens of this type will always have a value of "[" */
+        LEFT_SQUARE,
+        /** Tokens of this type will always have a value of "}" */
+        RIGHT_BRACE,
+        /** Tokens of this type will always have a value of "]" */
+        RIGHT_SQUARE;
+    }
+
+    private final Types  type;
+    private final Object value;
+
+    /** @param type represents the kind of token the instantiated token will 
be.
+     * @param value represents the value the token is associated with, will be 
ignored unless type is equal to
+     *        Types.DATUM.
+     * @see Types */
+    Yytoken(final Types type, final Object value){
+        /* Sanity check. Make sure the value is ignored for the proper value 
unless it is a datum token. */
+        switch(type){
+            case COLON:
+                this.value = ":";
+                break;
+            case COMMA:
+                this.value = ",";
+                break;
+            case END:
+                this.value = "";
+                break;
+            case LEFT_BRACE:
+                this.value = "{";
+                break;
+            case LEFT_SQUARE:
+                this.value = "[";
+                break;
+            case RIGHT_BRACE:
+                this.value = "}";
+                break;
+            case RIGHT_SQUARE:
+                this.value = "]";
+                break;
+            default:
+                this.value = value;
+                break;
+        }
+        this.type = type;
+    }
+
+    /** @return which of the Types the token is.
+     * @see Types */
+    Types getType(){
+        return this.type;
+    }
+
+    /** @return what the token is.
+     * @see Types */
+    Object getValue(){
+        return this.value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString(){
+        final StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+        
sb.append(this.type.toString()).append("(").append(this.value).append(")");
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git 
a/tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE.txt 
b/camel-util-json/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE.txt
rename to camel-util-json/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE.txt 
b/camel-util-json/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE.txt
rename to camel-util-json/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE.txt
diff --git 
a/tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/json/simple/JsonSimpleOrderedTest.java
 
b/camel-util-json/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/JsonSimpleOrderedTest.java
similarity index 96%
rename from 
tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/json/simple/JsonSimpleOrderedTest.java
rename to 
camel-util-json/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/JsonSimpleOrderedTest.java
index d246dba..a7c40d8 100644
--- 
a/tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/json/simple/JsonSimpleOrderedTest.java
+++ 
b/camel-util-json/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/JsonSimpleOrderedTest.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.camel.json.simple;
+package org.apache.camel.util.json;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.json.simple.JsonObject;
-import org.json.simple.Jsoner;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
diff --git a/tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/test/resources/bean.json 
b/camel-util-json/src/test/resources/bean.json
similarity index 100%
rename from tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/test/resources/bean.json
rename to camel-util-json/src/test/resources/bean.json
diff --git a/camel-util/pom.xml b/camel-util/pom.xml
index b2e32b9..225f434 100644
--- a/camel-util/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-util/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     <!-- we shade our patched ordered json-simple parser -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-      <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git 
a/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackComponentVerifierExtension.java
 
b/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackComponentVerifierExtension.java
index 3770449..001800e 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackComponentVerifierExtension.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackComponentVerifierExtension.java
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
 import org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;
 import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
-import org.json.simple.JsonObject;
-import org.json.simple.Jsoner;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.JsonObject;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsoner;
 
 import static org.apache.camel.component.slack.utils.SlackUtils.readResponse;
 
diff --git 
a/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackConsumer.java
 
b/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackConsumer.java
index 0295779..38cd447 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackConsumer.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackConsumer.java
@@ -29,18 +29,16 @@ import org.apache.camel.Processor;
 import org.apache.camel.support.ScheduledBatchPollingConsumer;
 import org.apache.camel.util.CastUtils;
 import org.apache.camel.util.ObjectHelper;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.DeserializationException;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.JsonArray;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.JsonObject;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsoner;
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.client.entity.UrlEncodedFormEntity;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
 import org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;
-import org.json.simple.DeserializationException;
-import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
-import org.json.simple.JsonArray;
-import org.json.simple.JsonObject;
-import org.json.simple.Jsoner;
-import org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser;
 
 import static org.apache.camel.component.slack.utils.SlackUtils.readResponse;
 
@@ -74,22 +72,21 @@ public class SlackConsumer extends 
ScheduledBatchPollingConsumer {
         HttpResponse response = client.execute(httpPost);
 
         String jsonString = readResponse(response);
-        JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
 
-        JSONObject c = (JSONObject)parser.parse(jsonString);
-        List list = (List)c.get("messages");
+        JsonObject c = (JsonObject) Jsoner.deserialize(jsonString);
+        JsonArray list = c.getCollection("messages");
         exchanges = createExchanges(list);
         return processBatch(CastUtils.cast(exchanges));
     }
 
-    private Queue<Exchange> createExchanges(List list) {
+    private Queue<Exchange> createExchanges(List<Object> list) {
         Queue<Exchange> answer = new LinkedList<>();
         if (ObjectHelper.isNotEmpty(list)) {
             Iterator it = list.iterator();
             int i = 0;
             while (it.hasNext()) {
-                Object object = (Object)it.next();
-                JSONObject singleMess = (JSONObject)object;
+                Object object = it.next();
+                JsonObject singleMess = (JsonObject) object;
                 if (i == 0) {
                     timestamp = (String)singleMess.get("ts");
                 }
diff --git 
a/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackEndpoint.java
 
b/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackEndpoint.java
index 0bd291f..4151cc7 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackEndpoint.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackEndpoint.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import org.apache.camel.spi.UriParam;
 import org.apache.camel.spi.UriPath;
 import org.apache.camel.support.ScheduledPollEndpoint;
 import org.apache.camel.util.ObjectHelper;
-import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.JsonObject;
 
 /**
  * The slack component allows you to send messages to Slack.
@@ -181,21 +181,21 @@ public class SlackEndpoint extends ScheduledPollEndpoint {
         this.serverUrl = serverUrl;
     }
 
-    public Exchange createExchange(JSONObject object) {
+    public Exchange createExchange(JsonObject object) {
         return createExchange(getExchangePattern(), object);
     }
 
-    public Exchange createExchange(ExchangePattern pattern, JSONObject object) 
{
+    public Exchange createExchange(ExchangePattern pattern, JsonObject object) 
{
         Exchange exchange = super.createExchange(pattern);
         SlackMessage slackMessage = new SlackMessage();
-        String text = (String)object.get("text");
-        String username = (String)object.get("username");
+        String text = object.getString("text");
+        String username = object.getString("username");
         slackMessage.setText(text);
         slackMessage.setUsername(username);
-        if (ObjectHelper.isNotEmpty((JSONObject)object.get("icons"))) {
-            JSONObject icons = (JSONObject)object.get("icons");
-            if (ObjectHelper.isNotEmpty((String)icons.get("emoji"))) {
-                slackMessage.setIconEmoji((String)icons.get("emoji"));
+        if (ObjectHelper.isNotEmpty(object.get("icons"))) {
+            JsonObject icons = object.getMap("icons");
+            if (ObjectHelper.isNotEmpty(icons.get("emoji"))) {
+                slackMessage.setIconEmoji(icons.getString("emoji"));
             }
         }
         Message message = exchange.getIn();
diff --git a/platforms/camel-catalog/pom.xml b/platforms/camel-catalog/pom.xml
index d1dd3b3..2a960c7 100644
--- a/platforms/camel-catalog/pom.xml
+++ b/platforms/camel-catalog/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <!-- we shade our patched ordered json-simple parser -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-      <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -213,16 +213,9 @@
             <configuration>
               <artifactSet>
                 <includes>
-                  <include>org.apache.camel:json-simple-ordered</include>
+                  <include>org.apache.camel:camel-util-json</include>
                 </includes>
               </artifactSet>
-              <relocations>
-                <relocation>
-                  <pattern>org.json.simple</pattern>
-                  <!-- scala compiler do not like org.apache.camel.org so its 
just json.simple instead of org.json.simple -->
-                  <shadedPattern>org.apache.camel.json.simple</shadedPattern>
-                </relocation>
-              </relocations>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
diff --git a/platforms/karaf/features/src/main/resources/features.xml 
b/platforms/karaf/features/src/main/resources/features.xml
index cae15fd..0a2f4e2 100644
--- a/platforms/karaf/features/src/main/resources/features.xml
+++ b/platforms/karaf/features/src/main/resources/features.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   <feature name='camel-core' version='${project.version}' start-level='50'>
     <feature version='${servicemix-specs-version}'>xml-specs-api</feature>
     <bundle 
dependency='true'>mvn:com.github.ben-manes.caffeine/caffeine/${caffeine-version}</bundle>
-    <bundle 
dependency='true'>mvn:org.apache.camel/json-simple-ordered/${project.version}</bundle>
+    <bundle 
dependency='true'>mvn:org.apache.camel/camel-util-json/${project.version}</bundle>
     <bundle>mvn:org.apache.camel/camel-api/${project.version}</bundle>
     <bundle>mvn:org.apache.camel/camel-util/${project.version}</bundle>
     <bundle>mvn:org.apache.camel/camel-browse/${project.version}</bundle>
@@ -1902,7 +1902,7 @@
   </feature>
   <feature name='camel-slack' version='${project.version}' start-level='50'>
     <feature version='${project.version}'>camel-core</feature>
-    <bundle 
dependency='true'>mvn:com.googlecode.json-simple/json-simple/${json-simple-version}</bundle>
+    <bundle 
dependency='true'>mvn:org.apache.camel/camel-util-json/${project.version}</bundle>
     <bundle 
dependency='true'>mvn:org.apache.httpcomponents/httpcore-osgi/${httpcore4-version}</bundle>
     <bundle 
dependency='true'>mvn:org.apache.httpcomponents/httpclient-osgi/${httpclient4-version}</bundle>
     <bundle 
dependency='true'>mvn:javax.servlet/javax.servlet-api/${javax.servlet-api-version}</bundle>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 176dec4..246926e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
     <module>tooling-bundle</module>
     <module>etc</module>
     <module>bom</module>
+    <module>camel-util-json</module>
     <module>buildingtools</module>
     <module>camel-util</module>
     <module>camel-api</module>
diff --git a/tooling/apt/pom.xml b/tooling/apt/pom.xml
index 0ae491f..6f01ea9 100644
--- a/tooling/apt/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/apt/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     <!-- use our patched ordered json-simple parser -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-      <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git 
a/tooling/apt/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/tools/apt/EndpointAnnotationProcessor.java
 
b/tooling/apt/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/tools/apt/EndpointAnnotationProcessor.java
index 221fcac..d504299 100644
--- 
a/tooling/apt/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/tools/apt/EndpointAnnotationProcessor.java
+++ 
b/tooling/apt/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/tools/apt/EndpointAnnotationProcessor.java
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ import org.apache.camel.tools.apt.model.ComponentModel;
 import org.apache.camel.tools.apt.model.ComponentOption;
 import org.apache.camel.tools.apt.model.EndpointOption;
 import org.apache.camel.tools.apt.model.EndpointPath;
-import org.json.simple.JsonObject;
-import org.json.simple.Jsoner;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.JsonObject;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsoner;
 
 import static 
org.apache.camel.tools.apt.AnnotationProcessorHelper.findFieldElement;
 import static org.apache.camel.tools.apt.AnnotationProcessorHelper.findJavaDoc;
diff --git 
a/tooling/apt/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/tools/apt/helper/JsonSchemaHelper.java
 
b/tooling/apt/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/tools/apt/helper/JsonSchemaHelper.java
index f47ce4b..feec0cd 100644
--- 
a/tooling/apt/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/tools/apt/helper/JsonSchemaHelper.java
+++ 
b/tooling/apt/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/tools/apt/helper/JsonSchemaHelper.java
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import org.json.simple.JsonObject;
-import org.json.simple.Jsoner;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.JsonObject;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsoner;
 
 /**
  * A helper class for <a href="http://json-schema.org/";>JSON schema</a>.
diff --git a/tooling/json-simple-ordered/pom.xml 
b/tooling/json-simple-ordered/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 55480f1..0000000
--- a/tooling/json-simple-ordered/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,120 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-    limitations under the License.
-
--->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"; 
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 
http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd";>
-
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-    <artifactId>tooling</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
-
-  <!-- should not be OSGi bundle as we shade this component into camel-core 
and camel-catalog -->
-
-  <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
-  <name>Camel :: JSon Simple Ordered</name>
-  <description>A patched json-simple parser that preserves the ordering in Map 
as read from JSon source</description>
-
-  <!-- TODO: this is only needed until 
https://github.com/cliftonlabs/json-simple/issues/17 is fixed and released -->
-
-  <properties>
-    <camel.osgi.export.pkg>
-      org.json.simple
-    </camel.osgi.export.pkg>
-  </properties>
-
-  <dependencies>
-
-    <!-- json parser -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.github.cliftonlabs</groupId>
-      <artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
-      <version>${json-simple2-version}</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.2</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>unpack-source</id>
-            <phase>initialize</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <classifier>sources</classifier>
-              <includeGroupIds>com.github.cliftonlabs</includeGroupIds>
-              <outputDirectory>src/main/java</outputDirectory>
-              
<excludes>META-INF/**,**/JSONArray.java,**/JSONObject.java</excludes>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <!-- patch json-simple -->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>com.google.code.maven-replacer-plugin</groupId>
-        <artifactId>replacer</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.3</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>replace</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <configuration>
-          <includes>
-            
<include>${basedir}/src/main/java/org/json/simple/JsonObject.java</include>
-          </includes>
-          <replacements>
-            <replacement>
-              <token>import java.util.HashMap;</token>
-              <value>import java.util.LinkedHashMap;</value>
-            </replacement>
-            <replacement>
-              <token>public class JsonObject extends HashMap</token>
-              <value>public class JsonObject extends LinkedHashMap</value>
-            </replacement>
-          </replacements>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
-    </plugins>
-
-  </build>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/main/java/.gitignore 
b/tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/main/java/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 3bd67e5..0000000
--- a/tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/main/java/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# source file is copied from archive and rebuild each time
-org
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/pom.xml 
b/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 4c96f50..117ee38 100644
--- a/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     <!-- use our patched ordered json-simple parser -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-      <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git 
a/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/maven/packaging/JSonSchemaHelper.java
 
b/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/maven/packaging/JSonSchemaHelper.java
index ee30216..05939d4 100644
--- 
a/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/maven/packaging/JSonSchemaHelper.java
+++ 
b/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/maven/packaging/JSonSchemaHelper.java
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.json.simple.JsonObject;
-import org.json.simple.Jsoner;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.JsonObject;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsoner;
 
 public final class JSonSchemaHelper {
 
diff --git 
a/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/maven/packaging/UpdateSpringBootAutoConfigurationReadmeMojo.java
 
b/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/maven/packaging/UpdateSpringBootAutoConfigurationReadmeMojo.java
index 53716a2..85b55ef 100644
--- 
a/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/maven/packaging/UpdateSpringBootAutoConfigurationReadmeMojo.java
+++ 
b/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/maven/packaging/UpdateSpringBootAutoConfigurationReadmeMojo.java
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import 
org.apache.camel.maven.packaging.model.SpringBootAutoConfigureOptionModel;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.DeserializationException;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.JsonArray;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.JsonObject;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsoner;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
@@ -35,10 +39,6 @@ import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Component;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
-import org.json.simple.DeserializationException;
-import org.json.simple.JsonArray;
-import org.json.simple.JsonObject;
-import org.json.simple.Jsoner;
 import org.mvel2.templates.TemplateRuntime;
 import org.sonatype.plexus.build.incremental.BuildContext;
 
diff --git a/tooling/pom.xml b/tooling/pom.xml
index f4d218e..c910d0a 100644
--- a/tooling/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
     <module>parent</module>
     <module>meta-annotations</module>
     <module>spi-annotations</module>
-    <module>json-simple-ordered</module>
     <module>apt</module>
     <module>camel-route-parser</module>
     <module>swagger-rest-dsl-generator</module>

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